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Marine!

The Life of Chesty Puller

Burke Davis
4.4
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Pages
369
Year
2016
Language
English
Publisher
Open Road Media

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An action-packed biography of the most decorated soldier in the history of the US Marine Corps "We are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!"-Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC   In the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to be awarded the Navy Cross five separate times-a military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of Honor-he was the epitome of a professional soldier. A son of the South, descendant of Robert E. Lee, and cousin to George S. Patton, Puller began his enlisted career during World War I and moved up through the ranks as he proved his battlefield mettle in Haiti and Nicaragua, with the Horse Marines in Peking, in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and in the nightmarish winter engagements of the Korean War.   Fearless and seemingly indestructible, adored by the troops he championed yet forced into early retirement by a high command that resented his "lowly" beginnings and unwillingness to play politics, Puller remains one of most towering figures in American military history. Bestselling military biographer Burke Davis paints the definitive portrait of this extraordinary marine hero.

Related Subjects

  • Military (Biography & Autobiography)
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Korean War
  • Wars & Conflicts
  • History
  • United States
  • Military (History)

Reviews

"Burke Davis has contributed a worthy addition to the literature of the war, and done so with all the reportorial and interpretive skills we've come to expect from him."
The Washington Post Book World on The Long Surrender
"Davis approaches his subject with the zest of an author who has a richly interesting human being to write about." ?Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton on They Called Him Stonewall   "The rich details in Mr. Davis's book are bound to startle and inform even students of Civil War literature."
The Washington Post Book World on The Long Surrender
"A valuable historical portrait for our time."
Kirkus Reviews   Praise for Burke Davis

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