Lewis Burwell „Chesty“ Puller war ein Lieutenant General des US Marine Corps , der sich aus der Unteroffizierslaufbahn hochgedient hatte. Er ist einer der höchstdekorierten Offiziere in der Geschichte des US Marine Corps. Wikipedia
“Those days in the woods saved my life many a time in combat.”
Recalling his early days trapping muskrats before school to supplement his mother's income
The Savage Wars of Peace, Max Boot, 2002.
[Davis, Burke, Marine!: The Life Of Chesty Puller, 1988, Bantam Books, New York, N.Y., 9780553271829, 273].
“I want to go where the guns are!”
Statement on his reasons for leaving Virginia Military Institute after his freshman year to enlist in the US Marine Corps (1918), as quoted in Fox Valley Veterans : A Salute to Hometown Heroism (2008) by George Rawlinson, p. 230
Quelle: Chesty Puller http://www.polaris.net/~jrube/chestpul.htm
“You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em.”
1962, U.S. Marine Corps History Division website http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Frequently_Requested/Quotes.htm.
Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign Korea 1950, Martin Russ, 1998
