
- 369 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in US Marine Corps history, from a New York Times âbestselling author. "We are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29: 1. They can't get away from us now!" âLewis 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 receive the Navy Cross five separate timesâa military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of Honorâhe was the epitome of a professional warrior. 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Authorâs Note
- Prologue
- I. First Lessons
- II. The Fledgling
- III. Baptism of Blood
- IV. New Skills
- V. The Jungles Again
- VI. The Student Who Spoke His Mind
- VII. Return of the Tiger
- VIII. A Changed Man
- IX. Dress Rehearsal
- X. A War Within a War
- XI. Winning the War at Home
- XII. Cape Gloucester
- XIII. Written in Blood
- XIV. Years of Peace
- XV. War on a Shoestring
- XVI. MacArthurâs Triumph
- XVII. The Hordes of China
- XVIII. End of a Nightmare
- XIX. Are These Americans?
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright Page