Chesty Puller
Chesty Puller
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Pullerwas a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and fought in World War II and the Korean War...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 June 1898
CityWest Point, VA
CountryUnited States of America
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Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".
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Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.
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My definition, the definition that I've always believed in, is that esprit de corps means love for one's own military legion - in my case, the United States Marine Corps. It means more than self-preservation, religion, or patriotism. I've also learned that this loyalty to one's corps travels both ways: up and down.
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If we are going to win the next war, in my opinion, 50 percent of the time of training should be allotted to night training.
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In the Confederate Army, an officer was judged by stark courage alone, and this made it possible for the Confederacy to live four years.
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In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.
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I've always believed that no officer's life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear... Officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact.
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My definition, a definition in the drill books from the time that General Von Steuben wrote the regulations for General George Washington, the definition of the object of military training is success in battle... It wouldn't be any sense to have a military organization on the backs of the American taxpayers with any other definition.
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What the American people want to do is fight a war without getting hurt. You can't do that any more than you can get into a barroom fight without getting hurt... Unless the American people are willing to send their sons out to fight an aggressor, there just isn't going to be any United States.
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They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time.
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I want to go where the guns are!
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So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those b*****ds won't get away this time!
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We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!
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There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.