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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.
In addition, 546 civilians who died in UN prisoner-of-war camps were turned over to the South Korean government. [216] After Operation Glory, 416 Korean War "unknowns" were buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, the "Punchbowl Cemetery" in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to a Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO ...
The documentary about United States Marine General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated Marine in US history, was made for television. Filming commenced in August 1968 at Puller's Virginia home and was completed on April 8, 1970. Ford had met Puller in Korea and was a tentmate and became close friends. [1]
World War II. GySgt John Basilone- Guadalcanal, 24–25 October 1942; Korean War. Lt Col Raymond G. Davis – North Korea, 1–4 December 1950; SSgt Archie Van Winkle – North Korea, 2 November 1950; Posthumous: Cpl David B. Champagne – South Korea, 28 May 1952; PFC John D. Kelly – South Korea, 28 May 1952; PFC Herbert A. Littleton ...
[citation needed] The trial's most dramatic moment, however, was the arrival of General Lewis "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated Marine in the history of the Corps. Berman called Puller to testify about training methods. Puller called the incident in Ribbon Creek "a deplorable accident", but one that did not warrant court-martial.
Three marines earned both the Navy Cross and the Army Distinguished Service Cross in Korea: Homer Litzenberg, Raymond Murray, and Marine Corps legend Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. "Chesty" Puller had previously earned four Navy Crosses in Nicaragua and World War II, while Murray was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary ...
The image in the Korean War section was File:ChestyPuller.jpeg, which was just a face shot. I've replaced it with a DOD photo of Chesty Puller cutting the Marine Corps birthday cake in Korean. 05:08, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Chesty Puller, a United States Marine Corps officer during World War II and the Korean War, and the most decorated Marine in the history of the Corps; Lewis Puller, son of Chesty Puller, who was maimed during the Vietnam War and took his own life due to complications from his injuries two and a half decades later