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Le lieutenant-général Lewis Burwell « Chesty » Puller (26 juin 1898 – 11 octobre 1971) est un officier général du Corps des Marines des États-Unis. Il est l'un des marines les plus décorés de l'histoire du corps, et le seul à avoir été décoré de la Navy Cross à cinq reprises.
Lewis Burwell " Chesty " Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War as a senior officer.
Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (August 18, 1945 – May 11, 1994) was an attorney and a United States Marine Corps officer who was severely wounded in the Vietnam War. He won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his autobiography Fortunate Son.
Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, whose barrel chest and blunt manner inspired his nickname, was a thirty-seven-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps who rose to the rank of lieutenant general.
22 juin 2024 · United States Marine Corps officer who was the most decorated and venerated Marine in the history of the Corps. Across three wars and two counterinsurgency campaigns, Puller won five Navy Crosses and earned an unrivaled place in the hearts of Marines as the quintessential Leatherneck.
His name was Lewis Burwell Puller, a Virginian, and a much-decorated legend in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was blunt spoken and did not mince his words. He walked with a belligerent thrust to his square jaw, and his chest was thrown out like a bantam rooster’s.
3 juil. 2019 · World War II and Korean War: Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Puller. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898–October 11, 1971) was a U.S. Marine who saw battle experience in World War II and in the Korean War conflict. He was one of the most decorated Marines in U.S. history.
