"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Guys it's okay. http://sto.perfectworld.com/ says server status is up. So we can all stop whining and log on now. Right. They wouldn't leave that showing green if we couldn't play right. So it's all good. Lets go play now.
Anyone who has played an mmo before knows that those kinds of interruptions aren't uncommon. You can pretty much expect them to happen in every mmo shortly before and after major content updates are released and occasionally "out of the blue". It's not only Cryptic. Even the almighty Blizzard with all of it's rescources still has them after more than a decade of running online games.
It's simple: "Never play on patch day".
Too bad its not patch day. Nor was the outage before that, nor the 1 before that, oh yaaaaa or the 1 before that.
Having your MAIN server on the same infrastructure as EVERYTHING else, is MORONIC and frugal to the point of stupidity. PLAIN and SIMPLE. Full stop, end of story.
Yes every mmo has outages, planned and unplanned. It is the nature of the beast. However, with backups and proper infrastructure, if 1 thing falls (website, login-server, main server, account portal) it should NOT drag down EVERYTHING else in the whole system...
Rationalize it however you may, this is not good business.
even as i type here i'm downloading Lord of the Rings online... for a couple weeks good by star trek. i will be back i'm just going to let things settle first
Double Diamond weekend in NW, new stuff on Tribble and renewed interest in STO from randoms due to Into Darkness. Something tells me Cryptic didnt prepare themselves for this.
Simple naza space station was atact and one cool down system receved a direct it and it's the one suporting criptic server so what apend it over heated and boom whent down ...
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) was a general officer of the United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller is one of the most, if not the most, decorated combat Marine in Marine Corps history. He is the only Marine to be awarded five Navy Crosses.
During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia.
Early life [edit]
Puller was born in West Point, Virginia, to Matthew and Martha Puller. His father was a grocer who died when Lewis was 10 years old. Puller grew up listening to old veterans' tales of the Civil War and idolizing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. He wanted to enlist in the United States Army to fight in the Border War with Mexico in 1916, but he was too young and could not get parental consent from his mother.[1]
The following year, Puller attended the Virginia Military Institute but left at the end of his first year as World War I was still ongoing, saying that he wanted to "go where the guns are!"[2] Inspired by the 5th Marines at Belleau Wood, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a private and attended boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although he never saw action in that war, the Corps was expanding, and soon after graduating he attended NCO school and OCS (Officer Candidates School) at Quantico, Virginia, following that. Upon graduation from OCS on June 16, 1919, Puller was appointed to the grade of second lieutenant in the reserves, but reduction in force from 73,000 to 1,100 officers and 27,400 men[3] following the war led to his being put on inactive status 10 days later and given the rank of corporal.[1]
Interwar years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "Chesty" Puller (center left) and Sergeant William "Ironman" Lee (center right) and two Nicaraguan soldiers in 1931
As a corporal, Puller received orders to serve in the Gendarmerie d'Haiti as a lieutenant, seeing action in Haiti.[4] While the United States was working under a treaty with Haiti, he participated in over forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the Caco rebels and attempted to regain his commission as an officer twice. In 1922, he served as an adjutant to Major Alexander Vandegrift, a future Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Puller returned stateside and was finally recommissioned as a second lieutenant on March 6, 1924 (service number 03158), afterward completing assignments at the Marine Barracks in Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and with the 10th Marine Artillery Regiment in Quantico, Virginia. He was assigned to the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1926 and in San Diego, California, in 1928.
In December 1928, Puller was assigned to the Nicaraguan National Guard detachment, where he was awarded his first Navy Cross (military's second highest valor award) for his actions from February 16 to August 19, 1930, when he led "five successive engagements against superior numbers of armed bandit forces." He returned stateside in July 1931 and completed the year-long Company Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, thereafter returning to Nicaragua from September 20 to October 1, 1932, and was awarded a second Navy Cross.
Puller with members of the Guardia Nacional
After his service in Nicaragua, Puller was assigned to the Marine detachment at the American Legation in Beijing, China, commanding a unit of China Marines. He then went on to serve aboard USS Augusta, a cruiser in the Asiatic Fleet, which was commanded by then-Captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller returned to the States in June 1936 as an instructor at the Basic School in Philadelphia.
In May 1939, he returned to the Augusta as commander of the onboard Marine detachment, and then back to China, disembarking in Shanghai in May 1940 to serve as the executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He later served as its commanding officer.
World War II [edit]
Puller on Guadalcanal in September, 1942
Major Puller returned to the U.S. on August 28, 1941. After a short leave, he was given command of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known as 1/7) of the 1st Marine Division, stationed at New River, North Carolina, the new Marine amphibious base which would soon be renamed for the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early in the Pacific theater the 7th Marines formed the nucleus of the newly created 3rd Marine Brigade and arrived to defend Samoa on May 8, 1942. Later they were redeployed from the brigade and on September 4, 1942, they left Samoa and rejoined the 1st Division at Guadalcanal on September 18, 1942.
Soon after arriving on Guadalcanal, Puller led his battalion in a fierce action along the Matanikau, in which Puller's quick thinking saved three of his companies from annihilation. In the action, these companies were surrounded and cut off by a larger Japanese force. Puller ran to the shore, signaled a United States Navy destroyer, the USS Monssen, and then Puller directed the destroyer to provide fire support while landing craft rescued his Marines from their precarious position. For his actions, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V".
Later on Guadalcanal, Puller was awarded his third Navy Cross, in what was later known as the "Battle for Henderson Field?. Puller commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), one of two American infantry units defending the airfield against a regiment-strength Japanese force. The 3rd Battalion of the U.S. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) fought alongside the Marines. In a firefight on the night of October 24?25, 1942, lasting about three hours, 1/7 and 3/164 sustained 70 casualties; the Japanese force suffered over 1,400 killed in action, and the Americans held the airfield. It was in this battle that Marine Sergeant John Basilone would earn the Medal of Honor. The Marines awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, commander of the 3/164, the Navy Cross for his role in this battle.
Puller was then made executive officer of the 7th Marine Regiment. While serving in this capacity at Cape Gloucester, Puller was awarded his fourth Navy Cross for overall performance of duty between December 26, 1943, and January 19, 1944. During this time, when the battalion commanders of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and, later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, while under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, he expertly reorganized the battalion and led the successful attack against heavily fortified Japanese defensive positions. He was promoted to colonel effective February 1, 1944, and by the end of the month had been named commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller would lead the 1st Marines into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history during September and October 1944, action where he was awarded his first Legion of Merit. During the summer of 1944, Puller's younger brother, Samuel D. Puller, the Executive Officer of the 4th Marine Regiment, was killed by a sniper on Guam.[6]
Puller returned to the United States in November 1944, was named executive officer of the Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Lejeune and, two weeks later, Commanding Officer. After the war, he was made Director of the 8th Reserve District at New Orleans, and later commanded the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller cutting the Marine Corps birthday cake on 10 November 1950, during a brief reprieve from battle during the Korean War[citation needed]
At the outbreak of the Korean War, Puller was once again assigned as commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, with which he made a landing at Inchon on September 15, 1950, and was awarded the Silver Star Medal.[7] For leadership from September 15 to November 2, he was awarded his second Legion of Merit. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross from the Army for action from November 29 to December 5 of that same year, and his fifth Navy Cross for action during December 5?10 at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. It was during that battle when he made the famous quote, "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller was promoted to brigadier general and was assigned duty as assistant division commander (ADC) of the 1st Marine Division. On February 24, however, his immediate superior, Major General O. P. Smith, was hastily transferred to command IX Corps when its Army commander, Major General Bryant Moore, died. Smith?s temporary transfer left Puller in command of his beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller would serve as ADC until he completed his tour of duty and left for the United States on May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller studies the terrain during the Korean War.
General Puller subsequently received promotions to major general and lieutenant general, and served in various command capacities until he suffered a stroke from high blood pressure[10] and was forced to retire in 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally known as Lewis Puller) became a highly decorated Marine as a lieutenant in Vietnam. While serving with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. was severely wounded by a mine explosion, losing both legs and parts of his hands. Lieutenant General Puller broke down sobbing at seeing his son for the first time in the hospital.
Puller was father-in-law to Colonel William H. Dabney, a VMI graduate, who, as a captain, was the commanding officer of two heavily reinforced rifle companies of the Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines from January 21 to April 14, 1968. During the entire period, Colonel Dabney's force stubbornly defended Hill 881S, a regional outpost vital to the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base during the 77-day siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney was nominated for the Navy Cross for his actions on Hill 881 South, but his battalion executive officer's helicopter carrying the nomination papers crashed?and the papers were lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, USMC (Ret) was awarded the Navy Cross in a ceremony at Virginia Military Institute for actions 37 years earlier in Vietnam.
Puller was a distant cousin to Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards and honors [edit]
Military decorations and awards [edit]
Puller received the Navy Cross, the Navy and Marine Corps second highest military award, five times (the second and only other person to be so honored, after Navy submarine commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller received the second highest U.S. military award six times; five Navy Crosses and a U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In addition, Puller received the Silver Star Medal; the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and Gold Star in lieu of a second award; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V;" the Air Medal with Gold Stars in lieu of second and third awards; and the Purple Heart Medal. His other medals and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with four bronze stars; the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with one bronze star; the World War I Victory Medal with West Indies clasp; the Haitian Campaign Medal; the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with one bronze star; the China Service Medal; the American Defense Service Medal with Base clasp; the American Area Campaign Medal; the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with four bronze stars; the World War II Victory Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Korean Service Medal with one silver star in lieu of five bronze stars; the United Nations Service Medal; the Haitian Medaille Militaire; the Nicaraguan Presidential Medal of Merit with Diploma; the Nicaraguan Cross of Valor with Diploma; the Republic of Korea's Ulchi Medal with Gold Star; and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's only Purple Heart was earned at Guadalcanal on the night of November 9, 1942 ? the night before the Marine Corps Birthday. Puller had campaign participation credit ("battle stars") for Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, and Capture and Occupation of the Southern Palau Islands (Peleliu). His Korean campaign battle stars include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (Chosin Reservoir), First UN Counteroffensive and Communist China Spring Offensive.
Y'know, it's REALLY frustrating to be paying for a game that doesn't let you on when you want to play. I work odd hours due to various gigs since I am a performer... so I'll sneak in a few hours here and there and it's amazing how many times when I want to play the servers are down.
I pay good money to read the forums. This has got to stop Cryptic.
We apologize for the fault in the servers. Those responsible have been sacked.
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We apologize again for the fault in the servers. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.
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The directors of the firm hired to continue to fix the servers after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked.
"We might get pretty singed at that range, but not as singed as they're going to get. Engage."
- Captain Six of Nine aka Ashley "Don't Call Me Ash" Campbell
The game is soild i just wish they would go buy more servers there will be alot of people comeing back just to play this i have never herd of companey putting 3 mmos on one server
I suppose I shouldn't expect better from a company that brought us, and failed at, City of Heroes. Star Trek should have gone to the guys who do EVE Online.
we are the servers.
we will add additional downtime's and disconnections to to youre own.
youre purchased zen ships and spend money will belong to us.
trying to loginn is futile.
server and cryptic at tenagra.
a random dc, on the ocean
the dc on tanagra, shaka when the downtime started.
the server,not working when combined with (never) winter
lieutenant general Lewis Burwell "chesty" Puller (june 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) Was A General Officer Of The United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller Is One Of The Most, If Not The Most, Decorated Combat Marine In Marine Corps History. He Is The Only Marine To Be Awarded Five Navy Crosses.
During His Career, He Fought Guerrillas In Haiti And Nicaragua, And Participated In Some Of The Bloodiest Battles Of World War Ii And The Korean War. Puller Retired From The Marine Corps In 1955, Spending The Rest Of His Life In Virginia.
Early Life [edit]
Puller Was Born In West Point, Virginia, To Matthew And Martha Puller. His Father Was A Grocer Who Died When Lewis Was 10 Years Old. Puller Grew Up Listening To Old Veterans' Tales Of The Civil War And Idolizing Thomas "stonewall" Jackson. He Wanted To Enlist In The United States Army To Fight In The Border War With Mexico In 1916, But He Was Too Young And Could Not Get Parental Consent From His Mother.[1]
The Following Year, Puller Attended The Virginia Military Institute But Left At The End Of His First Year As World War I Was Still Ongoing, Saying That He Wanted To "go Where The Guns Are!"[2] Inspired By The 5th Marines At Belleau Wood, He Enlisted In The United States Marine Corps As A Private And Attended Boot Camp At The Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although He Never Saw Action In That War, The Corps Was Expanding, And Soon After Graduating He Attended Nco School And Ocs (officer Candidates School) At Quantico, Virginia, Following That. Upon Graduation From Ocs On June 16, 1919, Puller Was Appointed To The Grade Of Second Lieutenant In The Reserves, But Reduction In Force From 73,000 To 1,100 Officers And 27,400 Men[3] Following The War Led To His Being Put On Inactive Status 10 Days Later And Given The Rank Of Corporal.[1]
Interwar Years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "chesty" Puller (center Left) And Sergeant William "ironman" Lee (center Right) And Two Nicaraguan Soldiers In 1931
As A Corporal, Puller Received Orders To Serve In The Gendarmerie D'haiti As A Lieutenant, Seeing Action In Haiti.[4] While The United States Was Working Under A Treaty With Haiti, He Participated In Over Forty Engagements During The Ensuing Five Years Against The Caco Rebels And Attempted To Regain His Commission As An Officer Twice. In 1922, He Served As An Adjutant To Major Alexander Vandegrift, A Future Commandant Of The Marine Corps.
Puller Returned Stateside And Was Finally Recommissioned As A Second Lieutenant On March 6, 1924 (service Number 03158), Afterward Completing Assignments At The Marine Barracks In Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School In Quantico, Virginia, And With The 10th Marine Artillery Regiment In Quantico, Virginia. He Was Assigned To The Marine Barracks At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, In July 1926 And In San Diego, California, In 1928.
In December 1928, Puller Was Assigned To The Nicaraguan National Guard Detachment, Where He Was Awarded His First Navy Cross (military's Second Highest Valor Award) For His Actions From February 16 To August 19, 1930, When He Led "five Successive Engagements Against Superior Numbers Of Armed Bandit Forces." He Returned Stateside In July 1931 And Completed The Year-long Company Officers Course At Fort Benning, Georgia, Thereafter Returning To Nicaragua From September 20 To October 1, 1932, And Was Awarded A Second Navy Cross.
Puller With Members Of The Guardia Nacional
After His Service In Nicaragua, Puller Was Assigned To The Marine Detachment At The American Legation In Beijing, China, Commanding A Unit Of China Marines. He Then Went On To Serve Aboard Uss Augusta, A Cruiser In The Asiatic Fleet, Which Was Commanded By Then-captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller Returned To The States In June 1936 As An Instructor At The Basic School In Philadelphia.
In May 1939, He Returned To The Augusta As Commander Of The Onboard Marine Detachment, And Then Back To China, Disembarking In Shanghai In May 1940 To Serve As The Executive Officer Of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He Later Served As Its Commanding Officer.
World War Ii [edit]
Puller On Guadalcanal In September, 1942
Major Puller Returned To The U.s. On August 28, 1941. After A Short Leave, He Was Given Command Of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known As 1/7) Of The 1st Marine Division, Stationed At New River, North Carolina, The New Marine Amphibious Base Which Would Soon Be Renamed For The 13th Commandant Of The Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, Mcb Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early In The Pacific Theater The 7th Marines Formed The Nucleus Of The Newly Created 3rd Marine Brigade And Arrived To Defend Samoa On May 8, 1942. Later They Were Redeployed From The Brigade And On September 4, 1942, They Left Samoa And Rejoined The 1st Division At Guadalcanal On September 18, 1942.
Soon After Arriving On Guadalcanal, Puller Led His Battalion In A Fierce Action Along The Matanikau, In Which Puller's Quick Thinking Saved Three Of His Companies From Annihilation. In The Action, These Companies Were Surrounded And Cut Off By A Larger Japanese Force. Puller Ran To The Shore, Signaled A United States Navy Destroyer, The Uss Monssen, And Then Puller Directed The Destroyer To Provide Fire Support While Landing Craft Rescued His Marines From Their Precarious Position. For His Actions, He Was Awarded The Bronze Star Medal With Combat "v".
Later On Guadalcanal, Puller Was Awarded His Third Navy Cross, In What Was Later Known As The "battle For Henderson Field?. Puller Commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), One Of Two American Infantry Units Defending The Airfield Against A Regiment-strength Japanese Force. The 3rd Battalion Of The U.s. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) Fought Alongside The Marines. In A Firefight On The Night Of October 24?25, 1942, Lasting About Three Hours, 1/7 And 3/164 Sustained 70 Casualties; The Japanese Force Suffered Over 1,400 Killed In Action, And The Americans Held The Airfield. It Was In This Battle That Marine Sergeant John Basilone Would Earn The Medal Of Honor. The Marines Awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, Commander Of The 3/164, The Navy Cross For His Role In This Battle.
Puller Was Then Made Executive Officer Of The 7th Marine Regiment. While Serving In This Capacity At Cape Gloucester, Puller Was Awarded His Fourth Navy Cross For Overall Performance Of Duty Between December 26, 1943, And January 19, 1944. During This Time, When The Battalion Commanders Of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines And, Later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, While Under Heavy Machine Gun And Mortar Fire, He Expertly Reorganized The Battalion And Led The Successful Attack Against Heavily Fortified Japanese Defensive Positions. He Was Promoted To Colonel Effective February 1, 1944, And By The End Of The Month Had Been Named Commander Of The 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller Would Lead The 1st Marines Into The Protracted Battle On Peleliu, One Of The Bloodiest Battles In Marine Corps History During September And October 1944, Action Where He Was Awarded His First Legion Of Merit. During The Summer Of 1944, Puller's Younger Brother, Samuel D. Puller, The Executive Officer Of The 4th Marine Regiment, Was Killed By A Sniper On Guam.[6]
Puller Returned To The United States In November 1944, Was Named Executive Officer Of The Infantry Training Regiment At Camp Lejeune And, Two Weeks Later, Commanding Officer. After The War, He Was Made Director Of The 8th Reserve District At New Orleans, And Later Commanded The Marine Barracks At Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller Cutting The Marine Corps Birthday Cake On 10 November 1950, During A Brief Reprieve From Battle During The Korean War[citation Needed]
At The Outbreak Of The Korean War, Puller Was Once Again Assigned As Commander Of The 1st Marine Regiment, With Which He Made A Landing At Inchon On September 15, 1950, And Was Awarded The Silver Star Medal.[7] For Leadership From September 15 To November 2, He Was Awarded His Second Legion Of Merit. He Was Awarded The Distinguished Service Cross From The Army For Action From November 29 To December 5 Of That Same Year, And His Fifth Navy Cross For Action During December 5?10 At The Battle Of Chosin Reservoir. It Was During That Battle When He Made The Famous Quote, "we've Been Looking For The Enemy For Some Time Now. We've Finally Found Him. We're Surrounded. That Simplifies Things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller Was Promoted To Brigadier General And Was Assigned Duty As Assistant Division Commander (adc) Of The 1st Marine Division. On February 24, However, His Immediate Superior, Major General O. P. Smith, Was Hastily Transferred To Command Ix Corps When Its Army Commander, Major General Bryant Moore, Died. Smith?s Temporary Transfer Left Puller In Command Of His Beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller Would Serve As Adc Until He Completed His Tour Of Duty And Left For The United States On May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller Studies The Terrain During The Korean War.
General Puller Subsequently Received Promotions To Major General And Lieutenant General, And Served In Various Command Capacities Until He Suffered A Stroke From High Blood Pressure[10] And Was Forced To Retire In 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's Son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally Known As Lewis Puller) Became A Highly Decorated Marine As A Lieutenant In Vietnam. While Serving With 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. Was Severely Wounded By A Mine Explosion, Losing Both Legs And Parts Of His Hands. Lieutenant General Puller Broke Down Sobbing At Seeing His Son For The First Time In The Hospital.
Puller Was Father-in-law To Colonel William H. Dabney, A Vmi Graduate, Who, As A Captain, Was The Commanding Officer Of Two Heavily Reinforced Rifle Companies Of The Third Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines From January 21 To April 14, 1968. During The Entire Period, Colonel Dabney's Force Stubbornly Defended Hill 881s, A Regional Outpost Vital To The Defense Of The Khe Sanh Combat Base During The 77-day Siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney Was Nominated For The Navy Cross For His Actions On Hill 881 South, But His Battalion Executive Officer's Helicopter Carrying The Nomination Papers Crashed?and The Papers Were Lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, Usmc (ret) Was Awarded The Navy Cross In A Ceremony At Virginia Military Institute For Actions 37 Years Earlier In Vietnam.
Puller Was A Distant Cousin To Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards And Honors [edit]
Military Decorations And Awards [edit]
Puller Received The Navy Cross, The Navy And Marine Corps Second Highest Military Award, Five Times (the Second And Only Other Person To Be So Honored, After Navy Submarine Commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller Received The Second Highest U.s. Military Award Six Times; Five Navy Crosses And A U.s. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In Addition, Puller Received The Silver Star Medal; The Legion Of Merit With Combat "v" And Gold Star In Lieu Of A Second Award; The Bronze Star Medal With Combat "v;" The Air Medal With Gold Stars In Lieu Of Second And Third Awards; And The Purple Heart Medal. His Other Medals And Decorations Include The Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon With Four Bronze Stars; The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal With One Bronze Star; The World War I Victory Medal With West Indies Clasp; The Haitian Campaign Medal; The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal With One Bronze Star; The China Service Medal; The American Defense Service Medal With Base Clasp; The American Area Campaign Medal; The Asiatic-pacific Area Campaign Medal With Four Bronze Stars; The World War Ii Victory Medal; The National Defense Service Medal; The Korean Service Medal With One Silver Star In Lieu Of Five Bronze Stars; The United Nations Service Medal; The Haitian Medaille Militaire; The Nicaraguan Presidential Medal Of Merit With Diploma; The Nicaraguan Cross Of Valor With Diploma; The Republic Of Korea's Ulchi Medal With Gold Star; And The Korean Presidential Unit Citation With Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's Only Purple Heart Was Earned At Guadalcanal On The Night Of November 9, 1942 ? The Night Before The Marine Corps Birthday. Puller Had Campaign Participation Credit ("battle Stars") For Capture And Defense Of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, And Capture And Occupation Of The Southern Palau Islands (peleliu). His Korean Campaign Battle Stars Include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (chosin Reservoir), First Un Counteroffensive And Communist China Spring Offensive.
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) was a general officer of the United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller is one of the most, if not the most, decorated combat Marine in Marine Corps history. He is the only Marine to be awarded five Navy Crosses.
During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia.
Early life [edit]
Puller was born in West Point, Virginia, to Matthew and Martha Puller. His father was a grocer who died when Lewis was 10 years old. Puller grew up listening to old veterans' tales of the Civil War and idolizing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. He wanted to enlist in the United States Army to fight in the Border War with Mexico in 1916, but he was too young and could not get parental consent from his mother.[1]
The following year, Puller attended the Virginia Military Institute but left at the end of his first year as World War I was still ongoing, saying that he wanted to "go where the guns are!"[2] Inspired by the 5th Marines at Belleau Wood, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a private and attended boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although he never saw action in that war, the Corps was expanding, and soon after graduating he attended NCO school and OCS (Officer Candidates School) at Quantico, Virginia, following that. Upon graduation from OCS on June 16, 1919, Puller was appointed to the grade of second lieutenant in the reserves, but reduction in force from 73,000 to 1,100 officers and 27,400 men[3] following the war led to his being put on inactive status 10 days later and given the rank of corporal.[1]
Interwar years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "Chesty" Puller (center left) and Sergeant William "Ironman" Lee (center right) and two Nicaraguan soldiers in 1931
As a corporal, Puller received orders to serve in the Gendarmerie d'Haiti as a lieutenant, seeing action in Haiti.[4] While the United States was working under a treaty with Haiti, he participated in over forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the Caco rebels and attempted to regain his commission as an officer twice. In 1922, he served as an adjutant to Major Alexander Vandegrift, a future Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Puller returned stateside and was finally recommissioned as a second lieutenant on March 6, 1924 (service number 03158), afterward completing assignments at the Marine Barracks in Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and with the 10th Marine Artillery Regiment in Quantico, Virginia. He was assigned to the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1926 and in San Diego, California, in 1928.
In December 1928, Puller was assigned to the Nicaraguan National Guard detachment, where he was awarded his first Navy Cross (military's second highest valor award) for his actions from February 16 to August 19, 1930, when he led "five successive engagements against superior numbers of armed bandit forces." He returned stateside in July 1931 and completed the year-long Company Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, thereafter returning to Nicaragua from September 20 to October 1, 1932, and was awarded a second Navy Cross.
Puller with members of the Guardia Nacional
After his service in Nicaragua, Puller was assigned to the Marine detachment at the American Legation in Beijing, China, commanding a unit of China Marines. He then went on to serve aboard USS Augusta, a cruiser in the Asiatic Fleet, which was commanded by then-Captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller returned to the States in June 1936 as an instructor at the Basic School in Philadelphia.
In May 1939, he returned to the Augusta as commander of the onboard Marine detachment, and then back to China, disembarking in Shanghai in May 1940 to serve as the executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He later served as its commanding officer.
World War II [edit]
Puller on Guadalcanal in September, 1942
Major Puller returned to the U.S. on August 28, 1941. After a short leave, he was given command of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known as 1/7) of the 1st Marine Division, stationed at New River, North Carolina, the new Marine amphibious base which would soon be renamed for the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early in the Pacific theater the 7th Marines formed the nucleus of the newly created 3rd Marine Brigade and arrived to defend Samoa on May 8, 1942. Later they were redeployed from the brigade and on September 4, 1942, they left Samoa and rejoined the 1st Division at Guadalcanal on September 18, 1942.
Soon after arriving on Guadalcanal, Puller led his battalion in a fierce action along the Matanikau, in which Puller's quick thinking saved three of his companies from annihilation. In the action, these companies were surrounded and cut off by a larger Japanese force. Puller ran to the shore, signaled a United States Navy destroyer, the USS Monssen, and then Puller directed the destroyer to provide fire support while landing craft rescued his Marines from their precarious position. For his actions, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V".
Later on Guadalcanal, Puller was awarded his third Navy Cross, in what was later known as the "Battle for Henderson Field?. Puller commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), one of two American infantry units defending the airfield against a regiment-strength Japanese force. The 3rd Battalion of the U.S. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) fought alongside the Marines. In a firefight on the night of October 24?25, 1942, lasting about three hours, 1/7 and 3/164 sustained 70 casualties; the Japanese force suffered over 1,400 killed in action, and the Americans held the airfield. It was in this battle that Marine Sergeant John Basilone would earn the Medal of Honor. The Marines awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, commander of the 3/164, the Navy Cross for his role in this battle.
Puller was then made executive officer of the 7th Marine Regiment. While serving in this capacity at Cape Gloucester, Puller was awarded his fourth Navy Cross for overall performance of duty between December 26, 1943, and January 19, 1944. During this time, when the battalion commanders of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and, later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, while under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, he expertly reorganized the battalion and led the successful attack against heavily fortified Japanese defensive positions. He was promoted to colonel effective February 1, 1944, and by the end of the month had been named commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller would lead the 1st Marines into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history during September and October 1944, action where he was awarded his first Legion of Merit. During the summer of 1944, Puller's younger brother, Samuel D. Puller, the Executive Officer of the 4th Marine Regiment, was killed by a sniper on Guam.[6]
Puller returned to the United States in November 1944, was named executive officer of the Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Lejeune and, two weeks later, Commanding Officer. After the war, he was made Director of the 8th Reserve District at New Orleans, and later commanded the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller cutting the Marine Corps birthday cake on 10 November 1950, during a brief reprieve from battle during the Korean War[citation needed]
At the outbreak of the Korean War, Puller was once again assigned as commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, with which he made a landing at Inchon on September 15, 1950, and was awarded the Silver Star Medal.[7] For leadership from September 15 to November 2, he was awarded his second Legion of Merit. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross from the Army for action from November 29 to December 5 of that same year, and his fifth Navy Cross for action during December 5?10 at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. It was during that battle when he made the famous quote, "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller was promoted to brigadier general and was assigned duty as assistant division commander (ADC) of the 1st Marine Division. On February 24, however, his immediate superior, Major General O. P. Smith, was hastily transferred to command IX Corps when its Army commander, Major General Bryant Moore, died. Smith?s temporary transfer left Puller in command of his beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller would serve as ADC until he completed his tour of duty and left for the United States on May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller studies the terrain during the Korean War.
General Puller subsequently received promotions to major general and lieutenant general, and served in various command capacities until he suffered a stroke from high blood pressure[10] and was forced to retire in 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally known as Lewis Puller) became a highly decorated Marine as a lieutenant in Vietnam. While serving with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. was severely wounded by a mine explosion, losing both legs and parts of his hands. Lieutenant General Puller broke down sobbing at seeing his son for the first time in the hospital.
Puller was father-in-law to Colonel William H. Dabney, a VMI graduate, who, as a captain, was the commanding officer of two heavily reinforced rifle companies of the Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines from January 21 to April 14, 1968. During the entire period, Colonel Dabney's force stubbornly defended Hill 881S, a regional outpost vital to the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base during the 77-day siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney was nominated for the Navy Cross for his actions on Hill 881 South, but his battalion executive officer's helicopter carrying the nomination papers crashed?and the papers were lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, USMC (Ret) was awarded the Navy Cross in a ceremony at Virginia Military Institute for actions 37 years earlier in Vietnam.
Puller was a distant cousin to Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards and honors [edit]
Military decorations and awards [edit]
Puller received the Navy Cross, the Navy and Marine Corps second highest military award, five times (the second and only other person to be so honored, after Navy submarine commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller received the second highest U.S. military award six times; five Navy Crosses and a U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In addition, Puller received the Silver Star Medal; the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and Gold Star in lieu of a second award; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V;" the Air Medal with Gold Stars in lieu of second and third awards; and the Purple Heart Medal. His other medals and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with four bronze stars; the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with one bronze star; the World War I Victory Medal with West Indies clasp; the Haitian Campaign Medal; the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with one bronze star; the China Service Medal; the American Defense Service Medal with Base clasp; the American Area Campaign Medal; the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with four bronze stars; the World War II Victory Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Korean Service Medal with one silver star in lieu of five bronze stars; the United Nations Service Medal; the Haitian Medaille Militaire; the Nicaraguan Presidential Medal of Merit with Diploma; the Nicaraguan Cross of Valor with Diploma; the Republic of Korea's Ulchi Medal with Gold Star; and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's only Purple Heart was earned at Guadalcanal on the night of November 9, 1942 ? the night before the Marine Corps Birthday. Puller had campaign participation credit ("battle stars") for Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, and Capture and Occupation of the Southern Palau Islands (Peleliu). His Korean campaign battle stars include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (Chosin Reservoir), First UN Counteroffensive and Communist China Spring Offensive.
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Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) was a general officer of the United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller is one of the most, if not the most, decorated combat Marine in Marine Corps history. He is the only Marine to be awarded five Navy Crosses.
During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia.
Early life [edit]
Puller was born in West Point, Virginia, to Matthew and Martha Puller. His father was a grocer who died when Lewis was 10 years old. Puller grew up listening to old veterans' tales of the Civil War and idolizing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. He wanted to enlist in the United States Army to fight in the Border War with Mexico in 1916, but he was too young and could not get parental consent from his mother.[1]
The following year, Puller attended the Virginia Military Institute but left at the end of his first year as World War I was still ongoing, saying that he wanted to "go where the guns are!"[2] Inspired by the 5th Marines at Belleau Wood, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a private and attended boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although he never saw action in that war, the Corps was expanding, and soon after graduating he attended NCO school and OCS (Officer Candidates School) at Quantico, Virginia, following that. Upon graduation from OCS on June 16, 1919, Puller was appointed to the grade of second lieutenant in the reserves, but reduction in force from 73,000 to 1,100 officers and 27,400 men[3] following the war led to his being put on inactive status 10 days later and given the rank of corporal.[1]
Interwar years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "Chesty" Puller (center left) and Sergeant William "Ironman" Lee (center right) and two Nicaraguan soldiers in 1931
As a corporal, Puller received orders to serve in the Gendarmerie d'Haiti as a lieutenant, seeing action in Haiti.[4] While the United States was working under a treaty with Haiti, he participated in over forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the Caco rebels and attempted to regain his commission as an officer twice. In 1922, he served as an adjutant to Major Alexander Vandegrift, a future Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Puller returned stateside and was finally recommissioned as a second lieutenant on March 6, 1924 (service number 03158), afterward completing assignments at the Marine Barracks in Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and with the 10th Marine Artillery Regiment in Quantico, Virginia. He was assigned to the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1926 and in San Diego, California, in 1928.
In December 1928, Puller was assigned to the Nicaraguan National Guard detachment, where he was awarded his first Navy Cross (military's second highest valor award) for his actions from February 16 to August 19, 1930, when he led "five successive engagements against superior numbers of armed bandit forces." He returned stateside in July 1931 and completed the year-long Company Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, thereafter returning to Nicaragua from September 20 to October 1, 1932, and was awarded a second Navy Cross.
Puller with members of the Guardia Nacional
After his service in Nicaragua, Puller was assigned to the Marine detachment at the American Legation in Beijing, China, commanding a unit of China Marines. He then went on to serve aboard USS Augusta, a cruiser in the Asiatic Fleet, which was commanded by then-Captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller returned to the States in June 1936 as an instructor at the Basic School in Philadelphia.
In May 1939, he returned to the Augusta as commander of the onboard Marine detachment, and then back to China, disembarking in Shanghai in May 1940 to serve as the executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He later served as its commanding officer.
World War II [edit]
Puller on Guadalcanal in September, 1942
Major Puller returned to the U.S. on August 28, 1941. After a short leave, he was given command of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known as 1/7) of the 1st Marine Division, stationed at New River, North Carolina, the new Marine amphibious base which would soon be renamed for the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early in the Pacific theater the 7th Marines formed the nucleus of the newly created 3rd Marine Brigade and arrived to defend Samoa on May 8, 1942. Later they were redeployed from the brigade and on September 4, 1942, they left Samoa and rejoined the 1st Division at Guadalcanal on September 18, 1942.
Soon after arriving on Guadalcanal, Puller led his battalion in a fierce action along the Matanikau, in which Puller's quick thinking saved three of his companies from annihilation. In the action, these companies were surrounded and cut off by a larger Japanese force. Puller ran to the shore, signaled a United States Navy destroyer, the USS Monssen, and then Puller directed the destroyer to provide fire support while landing craft rescued his Marines from their precarious position. For his actions, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V".
Later on Guadalcanal, Puller was awarded his third Navy Cross, in what was later known as the "Battle for Henderson Field?. Puller commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), one of two American infantry units defending the airfield against a regiment-strength Japanese force. The 3rd Battalion of the U.S. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) fought alongside the Marines. In a firefight on the night of October 24?25, 1942, lasting about three hours, 1/7 and 3/164 sustained 70 casualties; the Japanese force suffered over 1,400 killed in action, and the Americans held the airfield. It was in this battle that Marine Sergeant John Basilone would earn the Medal of Honor. The Marines awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, commander of the 3/164, the Navy Cross for his role in this battle.
Puller was then made executive officer of the 7th Marine Regiment. While serving in this capacity at Cape Gloucester, Puller was awarded his fourth Navy Cross for overall performance of duty between December 26, 1943, and January 19, 1944. During this time, when the battalion commanders of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and, later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, while under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, he expertly reorganized the battalion and led the successful attack against heavily fortified Japanese defensive positions. He was promoted to colonel effective February 1, 1944, and by the end of the month had been named commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller would lead the 1st Marines into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history during September and October 1944, action where he was awarded his first Legion of Merit. During the summer of 1944, Puller's younger brother, Samuel D. Puller, the Executive Officer of the 4th Marine Regiment, was killed by a sniper on Guam.[6]
Puller returned to the United States in November 1944, was named executive officer of the Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Lejeune and, two weeks later, Commanding Officer. After the war, he was made Director of the 8th Reserve District at New Orleans, and later commanded the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller cutting the Marine Corps birthday cake on 10 November 1950, during a brief reprieve from battle during the Korean War[citation needed]
At the outbreak of the Korean War, Puller was once again assigned as commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, with which he made a landing at Inchon on September 15, 1950, and was awarded the Silver Star Medal.[7] For leadership from September 15 to November 2, he was awarded his second Legion of Merit. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross from the Army for action from November 29 to December 5 of that same year, and his fifth Navy Cross for action during December 5?10 at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. It was during that battle when he made the famous quote, "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller was promoted to brigadier general and was assigned duty as assistant division commander (ADC) of the 1st Marine Division. On February 24, however, his immediate superior, Major General O. P. Smith, was hastily transferred to command IX Corps when its Army commander, Major General Bryant Moore, died. Smith?s temporary transfer left Puller in command of his beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller would serve as ADC until he completed his tour of duty and left for the United States on May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller studies the terrain during the Korean War.
General Puller subsequently received promotions to major general and lieutenant general, and served in various command capacities until he suffered a stroke from high blood pressure[10] and was forced to retire in 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally known as Lewis Puller) became a highly decorated Marine as a lieutenant in Vietnam. While serving with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. was severely wounded by a mine explosion, losing both legs and parts of his hands. Lieutenant General Puller broke down sobbing at seeing his son for the first time in the hospital.
Puller was father-in-law to Colonel William H. Dabney, a VMI graduate, who, as a captain, was the commanding officer of two heavily reinforced rifle companies of the Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines from January 21 to April 14, 1968. During the entire period, Colonel Dabney's force stubbornly defended Hill 881S, a regional outpost vital to the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base during the 77-day siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney was nominated for the Navy Cross for his actions on Hill 881 South, but his battalion executive officer's helicopter carrying the nomination papers crashed?and the papers were lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, USMC (Ret) was awarded the Navy Cross in a ceremony at Virginia Military Institute for actions 37 years earlier in Vietnam.
Puller was a distant cousin to Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards and honors [edit]
Military decorations and awards [edit]
Puller received the Navy Cross, the Navy and Marine Corps second highest military award, five times (the second and only other person to be so honored, after Navy submarine commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller received the second highest U.S. military award six times; five Navy Crosses and a U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In addition, Puller received the Silver Star Medal; the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and Gold Star in lieu of a second award; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V;" the Air Medal with Gold Stars in lieu of second and third awards; and the Purple Heart Medal. His other medals and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with four bronze stars; the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with one bronze star; the World War I Victory Medal with West Indies clasp; the Haitian Campaign Medal; the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with one bronze star; the China Service Medal; the American Defense Service Medal with Base clasp; the American Area Campaign Medal; the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with four bronze stars; the World War II Victory Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Korean Service Medal with one silver star in lieu of five bronze stars; the United Nations Service Medal; the Haitian Medaille Militaire; the Nicaraguan Presidential Medal of Merit with Diploma; the Nicaraguan Cross of Valor with Diploma; the Republic of Korea's Ulchi Medal with Gold Star; and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's only Purple Heart was earned at Guadalcanal on the night of November 9, 1942 ? the night before the Marine Corps Birthday. Puller had campaign participation credit ("battle stars") for Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, and Capture and Occupation of the Southern Palau Islands (Peleliu). His Korean campaign battle stars include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (Chosin Reservoir), First UN Counteroffensive and Communist China Spring Offensive.
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lieutenant general Lewis Burwell "chesty" Puller (june 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) Was A General Officer Of The United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller Is One Of The Most, If Not The Most, Decorated Combat Marine In Marine Corps History. He Is The Only Marine To Be Awarded Five Navy Crosses.
During His Career, He Fought Guerrillas In Haiti And Nicaragua, And Participated In Some Of The Bloodiest Battles Of World War Ii And The Korean War. Puller Retired From The Marine Corps In 1955, Spending The Rest Of His Life In Virginia.
Early Life [edit]
Puller Was Born In West Point, Virginia, To Matthew And Martha Puller. His Father Was A Grocer Who Died When Lewis Was 10 Years Old. Puller Grew Up Listening To Old Veterans' Tales Of The Civil War And Idolizing Thomas "stonewall" Jackson. He Wanted To Enlist In The United States Army To Fight In The Border War With Mexico In 1916, But He Was Too Young And Could Not Get Parental Consent From His Mother.[1]
The Following Year, Puller Attended The Virginia Military Institute But Left At The End Of His First Year As World War I Was Still Ongoing, Saying That He Wanted To "go Where The Guns Are!"[2] Inspired By The 5th Marines At Belleau Wood, He Enlisted In The United States Marine Corps As A Private And Attended Boot Camp At The Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although He Never Saw Action In That War, The Corps Was Expanding, And Soon After Graduating He Attended Nco School And Ocs (officer Candidates School) At Quantico, Virginia, Following That. Upon Graduation From Ocs On June 16, 1919, Puller Was Appointed To The Grade Of Second Lieutenant In The Reserves, But Reduction In Force From 73,000 To 1,100 Officers And 27,400 Men[3] Following The War Led To His Being Put On Inactive Status 10 Days Later And Given The Rank Of Corporal.[1]
Interwar Years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "chesty" Puller (center Left) And Sergeant William "ironman" Lee (center Right) And Two Nicaraguan Soldiers In 1931
As A Corporal, Puller Received Orders To Serve In The Gendarmerie D'haiti As A Lieutenant, Seeing Action In Haiti.[4] While The United States Was Working Under A Treaty With Haiti, He Participated In Over Forty Engagements During The Ensuing Five Years Against The Caco Rebels And Attempted To Regain His Commission As An Officer Twice. In 1922, He Served As An Adjutant To Major Alexander Vandegrift, A Future Commandant Of The Marine Corps.
Puller Returned Stateside And Was Finally Recommissioned As A Second Lieutenant On March 6, 1924 (service Number 03158), Afterward Completing Assignments At The Marine Barracks In Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School In Quantico, Virginia, And With The 10th Marine Artillery Regiment In Quantico, Virginia. He Was Assigned To The Marine Barracks At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, In July 1926 And In San Diego, California, In 1928.
In December 1928, Puller Was Assigned To The Nicaraguan National Guard Detachment, Where He Was Awarded His First Navy Cross (military's Second Highest Valor Award) For His Actions From February 16 To August 19, 1930, When He Led "five Successive Engagements Against Superior Numbers Of Armed Bandit Forces." He Returned Stateside In July 1931 And Completed The Year-long Company Officers Course At Fort Benning, Georgia, Thereafter Returning To Nicaragua From September 20 To October 1, 1932, And Was Awarded A Second Navy Cross.
Puller With Members Of The Guardia Nacional
After His Service In Nicaragua, Puller Was Assigned To The Marine Detachment At The American Legation In Beijing, China, Commanding A Unit Of China Marines. He Then Went On To Serve Aboard Uss Augusta, A Cruiser In The Asiatic Fleet, Which Was Commanded By Then-captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller Returned To The States In June 1936 As An Instructor At The Basic School In Philadelphia.
In May 1939, He Returned To The Augusta As Commander Of The Onboard Marine Detachment, And Then Back To China, Disembarking In Shanghai In May 1940 To Serve As The Executive Officer Of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He Later Served As Its Commanding Officer.
World War Ii [edit]
Puller On Guadalcanal In September, 1942
Major Puller Returned To The U.s. On August 28, 1941. After A Short Leave, He Was Given Command Of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known As 1/7) Of The 1st Marine Division, Stationed At New River, North Carolina, The New Marine Amphibious Base Which Would Soon Be Renamed For The 13th Commandant Of The Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, Mcb Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early In The Pacific Theater The 7th Marines Formed The Nucleus Of The Newly Created 3rd Marine Brigade And Arrived To Defend Samoa On May 8, 1942. Later They Were Redeployed From The Brigade And On September 4, 1942, They Left Samoa And Rejoined The 1st Division At Guadalcanal On September 18, 1942.
Soon After Arriving On Guadalcanal, Puller Led His Battalion In A Fierce Action Along The Matanikau, In Which Puller's Quick Thinking Saved Three Of His Companies From Annihilation. In The Action, These Companies Were Surrounded And Cut Off By A Larger Japanese Force. Puller Ran To The Shore, Signaled A United States Navy Destroyer, The Uss Monssen, And Then Puller Directed The Destroyer To Provide Fire Support While Landing Craft Rescued His Marines From Their Precarious Position. For His Actions, He Was Awarded The Bronze Star Medal With Combat "v".
Later On Guadalcanal, Puller Was Awarded His Third Navy Cross, In What Was Later Known As The "battle For Henderson Field?. Puller Commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), One Of Two American Infantry Units Defending The Airfield Against A Regiment-strength Japanese Force. The 3rd Battalion Of The U.s. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) Fought Alongside The Marines. In A Firefight On The Night Of October 24?25, 1942, Lasting About Three Hours, 1/7 And 3/164 Sustained 70 Casualties; The Japanese Force Suffered Over 1,400 Killed In Action, And The Americans Held The Airfield. It Was In This Battle That Marine Sergeant John Basilone Would Earn The Medal Of Honor. The Marines Awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, Commander Of The 3/164, The Navy Cross For His Role In This Battle.
Puller Was Then Made Executive Officer Of The 7th Marine Regiment. While Serving In This Capacity At Cape Gloucester, Puller Was Awarded His Fourth Navy Cross For Overall Performance Of Duty Between December 26, 1943, And January 19, 1944. During This Time, When The Battalion Commanders Of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines And, Later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, While Under Heavy Machine Gun And Mortar Fire, He Expertly Reorganized The Battalion And Led The Successful Attack Against Heavily Fortified Japanese Defensive Positions. He Was Promoted To Colonel Effective February 1, 1944, And By The End Of The Month Had Been Named Commander Of The 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller Would Lead The 1st Marines Into The Protracted Battle On Peleliu, One Of The Bloodiest Battles In Marine Corps History During September And October 1944, Action Where He Was Awarded His First Legion Of Merit. During The Summer Of 1944, Puller's Younger Brother, Samuel D. Puller, The Executive Officer Of The 4th Marine Regiment, Was Killed By A Sniper On Guam.[6]
Puller Returned To The United States In November 1944, Was Named Executive Officer Of The Infantry Training Regiment At Camp Lejeune And, Two Weeks Later, Commanding Officer. After The War, He Was Made Director Of The 8th Reserve District At New Orleans, And Later Commanded The Marine Barracks At Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller Cutting The Marine Corps Birthday Cake On 10 November 1950, During A Brief Reprieve From Battle During The Korean War[citation Needed]
At The Outbreak Of The Korean War, Puller Was Once Again Assigned As Commander Of The 1st Marine Regiment, With Which He Made A Landing At Inchon On September 15, 1950, And Was Awarded The Silver Star Medal.[7] For Leadership From September 15 To November 2, He Was Awarded His Second Legion Of Merit. He Was Awarded The Distinguished Service Cross From The Army For Action From November 29 To December 5 Of That Same Year, And His Fifth Navy Cross For Action During December 5?10 At The Battle Of Chosin Reservoir. It Was During That Battle When He Made The Famous Quote, "we've Been Looking For The Enemy For Some Time Now. We've Finally Found Him. We're Surrounded. That Simplifies Things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller Was Promoted To Brigadier General And Was Assigned Duty As Assistant Division Commander (adc) Of The 1st Marine Division. On February 24, However, His Immediate Superior, Major General O. P. Smith, Was Hastily Transferred To Command Ix Corps When Its Army Commander, Major General Bryant Moore, Died. Smith?s Temporary Transfer Left Puller In Command Of His Beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller Would Serve As Adc Until He Completed His Tour Of Duty And Left For The United States On May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller Studies The Terrain During The Korean War.
General Puller Subsequently Received Promotions To Major General And Lieutenant General, And Served In Various Command Capacities Until He Suffered A Stroke From High Blood Pressure[10] And Was Forced To Retire In 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's Son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally Known As Lewis Puller) Became A Highly Decorated Marine As A Lieutenant In Vietnam. While Serving With 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. Was Severely Wounded By A Mine Explosion, Losing Both Legs And Parts Of His Hands. Lieutenant General Puller Broke Down Sobbing At Seeing His Son For The First Time In The Hospital.
Puller Was Father-in-law To Colonel William H. Dabney, A Vmi Graduate, Who, As A Captain, Was The Commanding Officer Of Two Heavily Reinforced Rifle Companies Of The Third Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines From January 21 To April 14, 1968. During The Entire Period, Colonel Dabney's Force Stubbornly Defended Hill 881s, A Regional Outpost Vital To The Defense Of The Khe Sanh Combat Base During The 77-day Siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney Was Nominated For The Navy Cross For His Actions On Hill 881 South, But His Battalion Executive Officer's Helicopter Carrying The Nomination Papers Crashed?and The Papers Were Lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, Usmc (ret) Was Awarded The Navy Cross In A Ceremony At Virginia Military Institute For Actions 37 Years Earlier In Vietnam.
Puller Was A Distant Cousin To Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards And Honors [edit]
Military Decorations And Awards [edit]
Puller Received The Navy Cross, The Navy And Marine Corps Second Highest Military Award, Five Times (the Second And Only Other Person To Be So Honored, After Navy Submarine Commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller Received The Second Highest U.s. Military Award Six Times; Five Navy Crosses And A U.s. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In Addition, Puller Received The Silver Star Medal; The Legion Of Merit With Combat "v" And Gold Star In Lieu Of A Second Award; The Bronze Star Medal With Combat "v;" The Air Medal With Gold Stars In Lieu Of Second And Third Awards; And The Purple Heart Medal. His Other Medals And Decorations Include The Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon With Four Bronze Stars; The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal With One Bronze Star; The World War I Victory Medal With West Indies Clasp; The Haitian Campaign Medal; The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal With One Bronze Star; The China Service Medal; The American Defense Service Medal With Base Clasp; The American Area Campaign Medal; The Asiatic-pacific Area Campaign Medal With Four Bronze Stars; The World War Ii Victory Medal; The National Defense Service Medal; The Korean Service Medal With One Silver Star In Lieu Of Five Bronze Stars; The United Nations Service Medal; The Haitian Medaille Militaire; The Nicaraguan Presidential Medal Of Merit With Diploma; The Nicaraguan Cross Of Valor With Diploma; The Republic Of Korea's Ulchi Medal With Gold Star; And The Korean Presidential Unit Citation With Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's Only Purple Heart Was Earned At Guadalcanal On The Night Of November 9, 1942 ? The Night Before The Marine Corps Birthday. Puller Had Campaign Participation Credit ("battle Stars") For Capture And Defense Of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, And Capture And Occupation Of The Southern Palau Islands (peleliu). His Korean Campaign Battle Stars Include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (chosin Reservoir), First Un Counteroffensive And Communist China Spring Offensive.
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During his career, he fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War. Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, spending the rest of his life in Virginia.
Early life [edit]
Puller was born in West Point, Virginia, to Matthew and Martha Puller. His father was a grocer who died when Lewis was 10 years old. Puller grew up listening to old veterans' tales of the Civil War and idolizing Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. He wanted to enlist in the United States Army to fight in the Border War with Mexico in 1916, but he was too young and could not get parental consent from his mother.[1]
The following year, Puller attended the Virginia Military Institute but left at the end of his first year as World War I was still ongoing, saying that he wanted to "go where the guns are!"[2] Inspired by the 5th Marines at Belleau Wood, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a private and attended boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although he never saw action in that war, the Corps was expanding, and soon after graduating he attended NCO school and OCS (Officer Candidates School) at Quantico, Virginia, following that. Upon graduation from OCS on June 16, 1919, Puller was appointed to the grade of second lieutenant in the reserves, but reduction in force from 73,000 to 1,100 officers and 27,400 men[3] following the war led to his being put on inactive status 10 days later and given the rank of corporal.[1]
Interwar years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "Chesty" Puller (center left) and Sergeant William "Ironman" Lee (center right) and two Nicaraguan soldiers in 1931
As a corporal, Puller received orders to serve in the Gendarmerie d'Haiti as a lieutenant, seeing action in Haiti.[4] While the United States was working under a treaty with Haiti, he participated in over forty engagements during the ensuing five years against the Caco rebels and attempted to regain his commission as an officer twice. In 1922, he served as an adjutant to Major Alexander Vandegrift, a future Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Puller returned stateside and was finally recommissioned as a second lieutenant on March 6, 1924 (service number 03158), afterward completing assignments at the Marine Barracks in Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, and with the 10th Marine Artillery Regiment in Quantico, Virginia. He was assigned to the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in July 1926 and in San Diego, California, in 1928.
In December 1928, Puller was assigned to the Nicaraguan National Guard detachment, where he was awarded his first Navy Cross (military's second highest valor award) for his actions from February 16 to August 19, 1930, when he led "five successive engagements against superior numbers of armed bandit forces." He returned stateside in July 1931 and completed the year-long Company Officers Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, thereafter returning to Nicaragua from September 20 to October 1, 1932, and was awarded a second Navy Cross.
Puller with members of the Guardia Nacional
After his service in Nicaragua, Puller was assigned to the Marine detachment at the American Legation in Beijing, China, commanding a unit of China Marines. He then went on to serve aboard USS Augusta, a cruiser in the Asiatic Fleet, which was commanded by then-Captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller returned to the States in June 1936 as an instructor at the Basic School in Philadelphia.
In May 1939, he returned to the Augusta as commander of the onboard Marine detachment, and then back to China, disembarking in Shanghai in May 1940 to serve as the executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He later served as its commanding officer.
World War II [edit]
Puller on Guadalcanal in September, 1942
Major Puller returned to the U.S. on August 28, 1941. After a short leave, he was given command of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known as 1/7) of the 1st Marine Division, stationed at New River, North Carolina, the new Marine amphibious base which would soon be renamed for the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early in the Pacific theater the 7th Marines formed the nucleus of the newly created 3rd Marine Brigade and arrived to defend Samoa on May 8, 1942. Later they were redeployed from the brigade and on September 4, 1942, they left Samoa and rejoined the 1st Division at Guadalcanal on September 18, 1942.
Soon after arriving on Guadalcanal, Puller led his battalion in a fierce action along the Matanikau, in which Puller's quick thinking saved three of his companies from annihilation. In the action, these companies were surrounded and cut off by a larger Japanese force. Puller ran to the shore, signaled a United States Navy destroyer, the USS Monssen, and then Puller directed the destroyer to provide fire support while landing craft rescued his Marines from their precarious position. For his actions, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V".
Later on Guadalcanal, Puller was awarded his third Navy Cross, in what was later known as the "Battle for Henderson Field?. Puller commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), one of two American infantry units defending the airfield against a regiment-strength Japanese force. The 3rd Battalion of the U.S. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) fought alongside the Marines. In a firefight on the night of October 24?25, 1942, lasting about three hours, 1/7 and 3/164 sustained 70 casualties; the Japanese force suffered over 1,400 killed in action, and the Americans held the airfield. It was in this battle that Marine Sergeant John Basilone would earn the Medal of Honor. The Marines awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, commander of the 3/164, the Navy Cross for his role in this battle.
Puller was then made executive officer of the 7th Marine Regiment. While serving in this capacity at Cape Gloucester, Puller was awarded his fourth Navy Cross for overall performance of duty between December 26, 1943, and January 19, 1944. During this time, when the battalion commanders of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and, later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, while under heavy machine gun and mortar fire, he expertly reorganized the battalion and led the successful attack against heavily fortified Japanese defensive positions. He was promoted to colonel effective February 1, 1944, and by the end of the month had been named commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller would lead the 1st Marines into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history during September and October 1944, action where he was awarded his first Legion of Merit. During the summer of 1944, Puller's younger brother, Samuel D. Puller, the Executive Officer of the 4th Marine Regiment, was killed by a sniper on Guam.[6]
Puller returned to the United States in November 1944, was named executive officer of the Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Lejeune and, two weeks later, Commanding Officer. After the war, he was made Director of the 8th Reserve District at New Orleans, and later commanded the Marine Barracks at Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller cutting the Marine Corps birthday cake on 10 November 1950, during a brief reprieve from battle during the Korean War[citation needed]
At the outbreak of the Korean War, Puller was once again assigned as commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, with which he made a landing at Inchon on September 15, 1950, and was awarded the Silver Star Medal.[7] For leadership from September 15 to November 2, he was awarded his second Legion of Merit. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross from the Army for action from November 29 to December 5 of that same year, and his fifth Navy Cross for action during December 5?10 at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. It was during that battle when he made the famous quote, "We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller was promoted to brigadier general and was assigned duty as assistant division commander (ADC) of the 1st Marine Division. On February 24, however, his immediate superior, Major General O. P. Smith, was hastily transferred to command IX Corps when its Army commander, Major General Bryant Moore, died. Smith?s temporary transfer left Puller in command of his beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller would serve as ADC until he completed his tour of duty and left for the United States on May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller studies the terrain during the Korean War.
General Puller subsequently received promotions to major general and lieutenant general, and served in various command capacities until he suffered a stroke from high blood pressure[10] and was forced to retire in 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally known as Lewis Puller) became a highly decorated Marine as a lieutenant in Vietnam. While serving with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. was severely wounded by a mine explosion, losing both legs and parts of his hands. Lieutenant General Puller broke down sobbing at seeing his son for the first time in the hospital.
Puller was father-in-law to Colonel William H. Dabney, a VMI graduate, who, as a captain, was the commanding officer of two heavily reinforced rifle companies of the Third Battalion, Twenty-Sixth Marines from January 21 to April 14, 1968. During the entire period, Colonel Dabney's force stubbornly defended Hill 881S, a regional outpost vital to the defense of the Khe Sanh Combat Base during the 77-day siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney was nominated for the Navy Cross for his actions on Hill 881 South, but his battalion executive officer's helicopter carrying the nomination papers crashed?and the papers were lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, USMC (Ret) was awarded the Navy Cross in a ceremony at Virginia Military Institute for actions 37 years earlier in Vietnam.
Puller was a distant cousin to Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards and honors [edit]
Military decorations and awards [edit]
Puller received the Navy Cross, the Navy and Marine Corps second highest military award, five times (the second and only other person to be so honored, after Navy submarine commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller received the second highest U.S. military award six times; five Navy Crosses and a U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In addition, Puller received the Silver Star Medal; the Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and Gold Star in lieu of a second award; the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V;" the Air Medal with Gold Stars in lieu of second and third awards; and the Purple Heart Medal. His other medals and decorations include the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon with four bronze stars; the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with one bronze star; the World War I Victory Medal with West Indies clasp; the Haitian Campaign Medal; the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with one bronze star; the China Service Medal; the American Defense Service Medal with Base clasp; the American Area Campaign Medal; the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal with four bronze stars; the World War II Victory Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Korean Service Medal with one silver star in lieu of five bronze stars; the United Nations Service Medal; the Haitian Medaille Militaire; the Nicaraguan Presidential Medal of Merit with Diploma; the Nicaraguan Cross of Valor with Diploma; the Republic of Korea's Ulchi Medal with Gold Star; and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's only Purple Heart was earned at Guadalcanal on the night of November 9, 1942 ? the night before the Marine Corps Birthday. Puller had campaign participation credit ("battle stars") for Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, and Capture and Occupation of the Southern Palau Islands (Peleliu). His Korean campaign battle stars include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (Chosin Reservoir), First UN Counteroffensive and Communist China Spring Offensive.
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lieutenant general Lewis Burwell "chesty" Puller (june 26, 1898 ? October 11, 1971) Was A General Officer Of The United States Marine Corps. Lt. Gen. Puller Is One Of The Most, If Not The Most, Decorated Combat Marine In Marine Corps History. He Is The Only Marine To Be Awarded Five Navy Crosses.
During His Career, He Fought Guerrillas In Haiti And Nicaragua, And Participated In Some Of The Bloodiest Battles Of World War Ii And The Korean War. Puller Retired From The Marine Corps In 1955, Spending The Rest Of His Life In Virginia.
Early Life [edit]
Puller Was Born In West Point, Virginia, To Matthew And Martha Puller. His Father Was A Grocer Who Died When Lewis Was 10 Years Old. Puller Grew Up Listening To Old Veterans' Tales Of The Civil War And Idolizing Thomas "stonewall" Jackson. He Wanted To Enlist In The United States Army To Fight In The Border War With Mexico In 1916, But He Was Too Young And Could Not Get Parental Consent From His Mother.[1]
The Following Year, Puller Attended The Virginia Military Institute But Left At The End Of His First Year As World War I Was Still Ongoing, Saying That He Wanted To "go Where The Guns Are!"[2] Inspired By The 5th Marines At Belleau Wood, He Enlisted In The United States Marine Corps As A Private And Attended Boot Camp At The Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina.[1]
Although He Never Saw Action In That War, The Corps Was Expanding, And Soon After Graduating He Attended Nco School And Ocs (officer Candidates School) At Quantico, Virginia, Following That. Upon Graduation From Ocs On June 16, 1919, Puller Was Appointed To The Grade Of Second Lieutenant In The Reserves, But Reduction In Force From 73,000 To 1,100 Officers And 27,400 Men[3] Following The War Led To His Being Put On Inactive Status 10 Days Later And Given The Rank Of Corporal.[1]
Interwar Years [edit]
First Lieutenant Lewis "chesty" Puller (center Left) And Sergeant William "ironman" Lee (center Right) And Two Nicaraguan Soldiers In 1931
As A Corporal, Puller Received Orders To Serve In The Gendarmerie D'haiti As A Lieutenant, Seeing Action In Haiti.[4] While The United States Was Working Under A Treaty With Haiti, He Participated In Over Forty Engagements During The Ensuing Five Years Against The Caco Rebels And Attempted To Regain His Commission As An Officer Twice. In 1922, He Served As An Adjutant To Major Alexander Vandegrift, A Future Commandant Of The Marine Corps.
Puller Returned Stateside And Was Finally Recommissioned As A Second Lieutenant On March 6, 1924 (service Number 03158), Afterward Completing Assignments At The Marine Barracks In Norfolk, Virginia, The Basic School In Quantico, Virginia, And With The 10th Marine Artillery Regiment In Quantico, Virginia. He Was Assigned To The Marine Barracks At Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, In July 1926 And In San Diego, California, In 1928.
In December 1928, Puller Was Assigned To The Nicaraguan National Guard Detachment, Where He Was Awarded His First Navy Cross (military's Second Highest Valor Award) For His Actions From February 16 To August 19, 1930, When He Led "five Successive Engagements Against Superior Numbers Of Armed Bandit Forces." He Returned Stateside In July 1931 And Completed The Year-long Company Officers Course At Fort Benning, Georgia, Thereafter Returning To Nicaragua From September 20 To October 1, 1932, And Was Awarded A Second Navy Cross.
Puller With Members Of The Guardia Nacional
After His Service In Nicaragua, Puller Was Assigned To The Marine Detachment At The American Legation In Beijing, China, Commanding A Unit Of China Marines. He Then Went On To Serve Aboard Uss Augusta, A Cruiser In The Asiatic Fleet, Which Was Commanded By Then-captain Chester W. Nimitz. Puller Returned To The States In June 1936 As An Instructor At The Basic School In Philadelphia.
In May 1939, He Returned To The Augusta As Commander Of The Onboard Marine Detachment, And Then Back To China, Disembarking In Shanghai In May 1940 To Serve As The Executive Officer Of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines. He Later Served As Its Commanding Officer.
World War Ii [edit]
Puller On Guadalcanal In September, 1942
Major Puller Returned To The U.s. On August 28, 1941. After A Short Leave, He Was Given Command Of 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (known As 1/7) Of The 1st Marine Division, Stationed At New River, North Carolina, The New Marine Amphibious Base Which Would Soon Be Renamed For The 13th Commandant Of The Marine Corps, John A. Lejeune, Mcb Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[5] Early In The Pacific Theater The 7th Marines Formed The Nucleus Of The Newly Created 3rd Marine Brigade And Arrived To Defend Samoa On May 8, 1942. Later They Were Redeployed From The Brigade And On September 4, 1942, They Left Samoa And Rejoined The 1st Division At Guadalcanal On September 18, 1942.
Soon After Arriving On Guadalcanal, Puller Led His Battalion In A Fierce Action Along The Matanikau, In Which Puller's Quick Thinking Saved Three Of His Companies From Annihilation. In The Action, These Companies Were Surrounded And Cut Off By A Larger Japanese Force. Puller Ran To The Shore, Signaled A United States Navy Destroyer, The Uss Monssen, And Then Puller Directed The Destroyer To Provide Fire Support While Landing Craft Rescued His Marines From Their Precarious Position. For His Actions, He Was Awarded The Bronze Star Medal With Combat "v".
Later On Guadalcanal, Puller Was Awarded His Third Navy Cross, In What Was Later Known As The "battle For Henderson Field?. Puller Commanded 1st Battalion 7th Marines (1/7), One Of Two American Infantry Units Defending The Airfield Against A Regiment-strength Japanese Force. The 3rd Battalion Of The U.s. Army's 164th Infantry Regiment (3/164) Fought Alongside The Marines. In A Firefight On The Night Of October 24?25, 1942, Lasting About Three Hours, 1/7 And 3/164 Sustained 70 Casualties; The Japanese Force Suffered Over 1,400 Killed In Action, And The Americans Held The Airfield. It Was In This Battle That Marine Sergeant John Basilone Would Earn The Medal Of Honor. The Marines Awarded Army Lt. Colonel Robert Hall, Commander Of The 3/164, The Navy Cross For His Role In This Battle.
Puller Was Then Made Executive Officer Of The 7th Marine Regiment. While Serving In This Capacity At Cape Gloucester, Puller Was Awarded His Fourth Navy Cross For Overall Performance Of Duty Between December 26, 1943, And January 19, 1944. During This Time, When The Battalion Commanders Of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines And, Later, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, While Under Heavy Machine Gun And Mortar Fire, He Expertly Reorganized The Battalion And Led The Successful Attack Against Heavily Fortified Japanese Defensive Positions. He Was Promoted To Colonel Effective February 1, 1944, And By The End Of The Month Had Been Named Commander Of The 1st Marine Regiment. Colonel Puller Would Lead The 1st Marines Into The Protracted Battle On Peleliu, One Of The Bloodiest Battles In Marine Corps History During September And October 1944, Action Where He Was Awarded His First Legion Of Merit. During The Summer Of 1944, Puller's Younger Brother, Samuel D. Puller, The Executive Officer Of The 4th Marine Regiment, Was Killed By A Sniper On Guam.[6]
Puller Returned To The United States In November 1944, Was Named Executive Officer Of The Infantry Training Regiment At Camp Lejeune And, Two Weeks Later, Commanding Officer. After The War, He Was Made Director Of The 8th Reserve District At New Orleans, And Later Commanded The Marine Barracks At Pearl Harbor.
Korean War [edit]
Colonel Puller Cutting The Marine Corps Birthday Cake On 10 November 1950, During A Brief Reprieve From Battle During The Korean War[citation Needed]
At The Outbreak Of The Korean War, Puller Was Once Again Assigned As Commander Of The 1st Marine Regiment, With Which He Made A Landing At Inchon On September 15, 1950, And Was Awarded The Silver Star Medal.[7] For Leadership From September 15 To November 2, He Was Awarded His Second Legion Of Merit. He Was Awarded The Distinguished Service Cross From The Army For Action From November 29 To December 5 Of That Same Year, And His Fifth Navy Cross For Action During December 5?10 At The Battle Of Chosin Reservoir. It Was During That Battle When He Made The Famous Quote, "we've Been Looking For The Enemy For Some Time Now. We've Finally Found Him. We're Surrounded. That Simplifies Things."[8]
In January 1951, Puller Was Promoted To Brigadier General And Was Assigned Duty As Assistant Division Commander (adc) Of The 1st Marine Division. On February 24, However, His Immediate Superior, Major General O. P. Smith, Was Hastily Transferred To Command Ix Corps When Its Army Commander, Major General Bryant Moore, Died. Smith?s Temporary Transfer Left Puller In Command Of His Beloved 1st Marine Division. Puller Would Serve As Adc Until He Completed His Tour Of Duty And Left For The United States On May 20, 1951.[9]
Colonel Puller Studies The Terrain During The Korean War.
General Puller Subsequently Received Promotions To Major General And Lieutenant General, And Served In Various Command Capacities Until He Suffered A Stroke From High Blood Pressure[10] And Was Forced To Retire In 1955.[11]
Relations [edit]
Puller's Son Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (generally Known As Lewis Puller) Became A Highly Decorated Marine As A Lieutenant In Vietnam. While Serving With 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, Lewis Jr. Was Severely Wounded By A Mine Explosion, Losing Both Legs And Parts Of His Hands. Lieutenant General Puller Broke Down Sobbing At Seeing His Son For The First Time In The Hospital.
Puller Was Father-in-law To Colonel William H. Dabney, A Vmi Graduate, Who, As A Captain, Was The Commanding Officer Of Two Heavily Reinforced Rifle Companies Of The Third Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines From January 21 To April 14, 1968. During The Entire Period, Colonel Dabney's Force Stubbornly Defended Hill 881s, A Regional Outpost Vital To The Defense Of The Khe Sanh Combat Base During The 77-day Siege. Following Khe Sanh, Dabney Was Nominated For The Navy Cross For His Actions On Hill 881 South, But His Battalion Executive Officer's Helicopter Carrying The Nomination Papers Crashed?and The Papers Were Lost. On April 15, 2005, Colonel William H. Dabney, Usmc (ret) Was Awarded The Navy Cross In A Ceremony At Virginia Military Institute For Actions 37 Years Earlier In Vietnam.
Puller Was A Distant Cousin To Army General George S. Patton.[12]
Awards And Honors [edit]
Military Decorations And Awards [edit]
Puller Received The Navy Cross, The Navy And Marine Corps Second Highest Military Award, Five Times (the Second And Only Other Person To Be So Honored, After Navy Submarine Commander Roy Milton Davenport). Puller Received The Second Highest U.s. Military Award Six Times; Five Navy Crosses And A U.s. Army Distinguished Service Cross.
In Addition, Puller Received The Silver Star Medal; The Legion Of Merit With Combat "v" And Gold Star In Lieu Of A Second Award; The Bronze Star Medal With Combat "v;" The Air Medal With Gold Stars In Lieu Of Second And Third Awards; And The Purple Heart Medal. His Other Medals And Decorations Include The Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon With Four Bronze Stars; The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal With One Bronze Star; The World War I Victory Medal With West Indies Clasp; The Haitian Campaign Medal; The Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; The Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal With One Bronze Star; The China Service Medal; The American Defense Service Medal With Base Clasp; The American Area Campaign Medal; The Asiatic-pacific Area Campaign Medal With Four Bronze Stars; The World War Ii Victory Medal; The National Defense Service Medal; The Korean Service Medal With One Silver Star In Lieu Of Five Bronze Stars; The United Nations Service Medal; The Haitian Medaille Militaire; The Nicaraguan Presidential Medal Of Merit With Diploma; The Nicaraguan Cross Of Valor With Diploma; The Republic Of Korea's Ulchi Medal With Gold Star; And The Korean Presidential Unit Citation With Oak Leaf Cluster.
Puller's Only Purple Heart Was Earned At Guadalcanal On The Night Of November 9, 1942 ? The Night Before The Marine Corps Birthday. Puller Had Campaign Participation Credit ("battle Stars") For Capture And Defense Of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea Operations, Cape Gloucester New Britain, And Capture And Occupation Of The Southern Palau Islands (peleliu). His Korean Campaign Battle Stars Include North Korean Aggression, Inchon Landing, Communist China Aggression (chosin Reservoir), First Un Counteroffensive And Communist China Spring Offensive.