Most Decorated Marine of All Time! Lt. General Chesty Puller 

Absolutely cool, you can be proud of your Gramps.

Respect

Our platoon sgt was a veteran of frozen chosen. When we invaded Chu Lai RVN His last words before we fired up and drove onto landing craft "Now you'll be Marines". 1st Tank bn, 1st Marine division. I invaded RVN as vehicle commander H&S co. M-51 heavy tank Retriever. H-51. Man what we did not know !!!!!Semper-Fi Marines..and those we still protect.

🫡 Semper Fi

Cheers 🍻 Chesty Puller was in his Element in Guadalcanal. "This Ends and Starts here"

True leader.He understood that even though as wrong the effort was it was still together as one.Thats what a leader wants in a group of men.Issue was rectified by that group within the hour as one I garaunteeGod bless the men and women of our Armed Forces both past present and future.

Chesty attended VMI where in the Civil War the cadets (some as young as 15) formed up and fought in the Battle of New Market when a section of the Confederate line was faltering, they filled that gap. The much small Confederate organization defeated the larger Union Army of the Shenandoah. The cadets annually honor the 8 killed in that battle. This is where the tradition of honor and courage come from.

My uncle got his Silver Star there. All he would say that it was the coldest weather he'd ever known. As he was dying, I assisted in his care, a privilege, I counted 4 bullet wounds to his body. He shouldn't have been able to walk, they got him through the knee, but he disappeared out of the MASH and did whatever he did to earn that star. I have no doubt Lt. Gen Puller has a lot to do with that. Much love to you and yours! What great men they were.

fantasy. he wasted lives

I was a Regular Army officer. Army regulations specifically prohibit officers from being awarded or even wearing certain ribbons/awards earned as former enlisted men. Two that come to mind are the Good Conduct Medal and Marksmanship badges of any class. Marines I don't know about, but I learned that such things are generally DOD and not branch specific.

A prior enlisted Marine officer still gets to wear his enlisted awards.

Chesty spent 6 years enlisted. Long enough to get two good cookies. 1918-1924 when he was fully commissioned. We earned them for every three years of good conduct service. In boot camp on PI we said our prayers to God and told Chesty goodnight every night.

@@Seven_Craig We did the same in San Diego

@@mnpd3 no it doesnt. Marksmanship badges can be worn as an officer. You also see prior service wear their good conduct medals

Thank you marine 😭😭🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 thank you for the most blood spilt, I sleep better at night knowing the marines will be the first and last line of defense for our country 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

From Britain. What a guy

Dang step on booby trap lost both legs went to went Japan

249 general hospital in Japan.

SEMPER FI !!!!!

A great family you've got , Semper Fi to your daughter !

Family of hero’s 💪🏻🇺🇸

what were you in the marines?

@@Da808Boii infantry for most of it 0341 mortars , little time an 0311

@@patkinder6632 kept that tradition strong as fuck! I love it! fmr 0372.

lol...you've gotta love that attitude .

Talk about boosting morale, wow.

Yep! Good Shootin Too!

Commandant of Marine corps personal representative was Edson because he had to resign commission August 1, 1947 to testify before congress to save their own air wing. Latino's like Pele are named Edson not Puller.

Merritt Austin Edson did more than Puller.

Thank you sir 😭🇺🇸🇺🇸

That's awesome!

A true brother in arms, many, so many can attest.

Up

what does semper paratus mean?

Semper Paratus is the US Coast Guard. Motto, Always Prepared!!!

You're right ,Todd , the political generals , "woke , " and all of that shit will get a lot of young Marines killed , not one of em could be a squad leader under Chesty .

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Todd, It's kind of like Admiral Halsey. Halsey preferred to sit and drink with the enlisted instead of the officers. " Admiral Fletcher is an admirals admiral. But admiral Halsey is a sailors admiral." Fleet admiral Nimitz

@@samuelschick8813 Halsey was a fighting Admiral , what we need today .

Thats because he was an enlisted man. He didnt go to fancy pants military school and enter the military as an officer. He WORKED his way up from the very bottom.

Semper fi my man sir

What happened with his son was a tragedy.

Semper Fi

@@pointingdog7235 pretty good lulp

Smedley Butler was, at the time of his death (1940), the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. Nothing remotely compares to Butlers experience. He wrote the best book on US war ever ... "War Is A Racket" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-26O-2SVcrw0.html Butler was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution and World War I. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, Central America, the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I.

WRONG

Call sign at Guadalcanal was Red Mike not puller.

My brother Mike T Cowen was and always will be a MARINE. He served in VietNam 1968 till 1969 all l know is was he was based on a mountain and communicated with Navy Pilots . He died if cancer March 20222

What happened ?

@@hb-ol9oc Lost both his legs to a tripwire explosive a couple months into his deployment. Later committed suicide. Lewis Burwell Puller. He wrote a really good but sad autobiography before killing himself.

karma

Yessir 82nd too

Oorah!!!!!

Lol awesome!!

Steve Hoffman marine from Kingfisher Dr? Thanks for your service either way and all yall who served and/or share stories this is great

its true.

Sounds exactly like my Father (US Army) would have responded. He was a Lt. , and observed a black Pvt being abused with excessive and unreasonable punishment.He helped the soldier to remove his pack full of bricks and overcoad, and got him cold water to drink. He then stomped into the Captain's office and chewed out the captain for abusive punishment. The Captain demanded to know who the hell he thought he was chewing out a Captain. My Father responded with out hesitation. Lt. Ted Blackwell and told him if the black soldier had come to harm because of the punishment detail, the Captain, would be facing court martial for manslaughter and quoted the UCMJ paragraph number and verse. One thing about the military, when you can back your actions with the UCMJ, you're golden. My Father was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, and the Captain was wrong.

That happened to me in Korea in the 80s. A buddy of mine and I were out in town(everyone wore their cammies in town because we were just on a one month deployment and had no civvies) one night, and we passed a Lt. with his back to us, and we didn't know he was an officer. He stopped us, yelled at us for not saluting, and ignored us trying to explain we didn't know his rank because he was turned the other way. He had us at attention giving us a dressing down when another Marine turned to see what was going on, and dude had FULL EAGLES on his collar! His exact words, and I remember them to this day were "shut the fuck up", and he turned toward us and told us to move along. I'll never forget it.

He also caught a Lt. having a good long shower with water brought up by enlisted. So he made him fill the cistern up all the way.

Sounds a bit similar to an experience I had at Great Lakes in my early Navy days. I was passing an officer walking the same direction, saluted as I passed and said, "Good morning, Sir." He called me back to dress me down because I didn't say, "By your leave..." It was a freaking chaplain!

I take my hat off to your father. God bless him. People who served at Peleliu and that alone was a terrible battle, and never talked about it is a true warrior. My uncle Bill flew the P-47 Thunderbolt in Italy, I never knew he was an ace. He never talked about it.

Neither did my Father. He was a See Bee Island hopper.

My Dad was a WW2 Marine Raider. Some of the islands he was on were Guadalcanal, Bougainvillea, New Guinea and other islands as well. During my whole life life he only mentioned the fighting three times. He would talk about the agreeable things like New Caledonia as much as you wanted to talk about. The war itself no!

Next documentary will be Smedley Butler. Stay tuned.

What did he say about him?

@@25bloodfang he wpuld always say chesty was a smaller man with a huge chest and when they would run for miles chesty whould stay at the front and fall to the back and then run back up to the front and he also said chesty was always right in the front of the battle with the rest of his men during battle he was a man amoung men

Your great grandfather was part of the Frozen Chosen.. That division was surrounded by eight Chinese divisions. The formed a 360 degree perimeter and fought their way to the sea to get picked up. They made it there with all their men, including casualties.

Most people that served alongside Chesty were the same. I don’t know of anyone who spoke ill of Chesty. What made Chesty truly awesome was his sincere love for his Marines. That alone can’t be said of most other leaders.

@@tonylittle8634 well said

Thank you marine 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😭😭 I sleep better at night knowing we have you guys are the point of any conflict 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 proud american

Going to the promotion board in Oct 78 SP/4 to SGT.. knock as directed, reported to the Battalion Commander. Sp/4 Slover Report as directed,! take a seat!. I did as directed. Was ask 15 question with out a pause of thought. 16th question was, have you read About Face by Col David Hack Worth.? I stated Negative Command Sergeant Major Quinto . There was a pause... Then the Battalion Commander stated were done with this interview.. Report back in 6 months for the next promotion board. As Chesty Puller was a legend as others, but in the Army it's was Col David Hack Worth.

Men of Puller's caliber are badly needed in leadership positions, yet the totally worthless Idiot in Chief and Defense Department is more worried about being woke, and that there might be racism in the military. Know a number of folks who were planning on getting in the military who didn't because of the woke, senile old goat in charge, and a number as well who've left for the same reason.

I’m sure they’re are just as many that haven’t gotten the chance prove it

Just have your priorities straight, and you will know what to do for your country. Losers and suckers, we are not.

It’s so true people seem to care about money more than the Freedoms they Have, the very least they can do is Thank a Veteran For Their Service, not much to ask.

It's surreal to see your comment and think to myself about my grandfather who was a proud marine until the day he died who was also in the 1st Marine division Guadalcanal and the Pacific campaign know your father? Possibly fought alongside each other? It's just wild to think of while now so many years later I'm typing you this message, he also said that when you'd think of a Marine, Chesty was what you'd picture, he respected the man, I'm lucky to have my grandfather's campaign medals, lapel pins and combat dog tags, I can't imagine the story they would tell that we don't know.

It is heartening to hear you honor your grandfather so. Sadly, we have many kids who don't give a rat's ass about their father or grandfather's service or awards.. Thank you for his service.

@@828enigma6 thank you for your kind words, I was young when he passed but he left such an impact on me, I remember him the things he taught me and was lucky to have had the time with him I did and things that I learned from him are forever with me.

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE BAD ASS!! What an irony that he was a cousin of Gen. George Patton. Based on everything said about him, Puller out "Blood and Gutted Old Blood and Guts." How does a man win five Navy Crosses and live to tell about it?! That's like Four Medals of Honor!! I also think Puller took a bad rap for the inflated casualties in one or two battles. Based on enemy losses in each of his encounters, Pullers Marines overwhelmed them every time. It's obvious why. He was taking the same risks as the lowest dog soldier in the ranks. An embodiment of the term "Leader." He led from the Front of the Line. In his Biography it stated he was a man too tough "Even for the Marine Cotrps." Too tough for the Japanese, North Koreans and every other enemy as well.

Respect

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Hello Dear How are you doing today?

I've been there to pay my respects

Very cool

​@@irish89055 I have also been there. While in the Army I was in Vietnam when Puller's son was seriously wounded. Because of Puller's fame the news of what happened to his son was widespread. Many years later I used to see Puller's son in his wheelchair at the Vietnam memorial. Somewhat later I wound up sitting in meetings with him in the Pentagon. He was a Defense Department lawyer at the time. I remember when he commited suicide. There is something that was never reported in the news about his death. Most news reports said that his wartime experience and wounds caught up with him. The thing that was rarely reported was that he was going through a divorce at the time and his family was falling apart. In my opinion, having gone through a divorce myself, I would say this is what drove him over the edge. Again, just my opinion.

Please clarify for me, as I'm just a little confused on the location (I believe I recall the video's narrator stating at least 2 different towns/villages when talking about his Virginia hometown; most of the video, especially towards the beginning, repeatedly referred to one, while much later on towards the end, I recall him talking about someplace else)...so, is he interred in [his hometown of] West Point, VA, or is he buried in Saluda, Virginia??? Not sure about where in Virginia the town of West Point is, but i definitely am familiar with Saluda...I actually used to live down the road (US Highway 17 as a matter of fact) from there, for over 2 years, just a fairly short drive away, in the particularly old, historic [originally founded prior to/during the] Colonial [American] time period, in the settlement known (then & now) as Yorktown, Virginia. Never lived anyplace else with such a rich, deep history. And I've lived in & spent a LOT of time around the state of Massachusetts, from west Springfield to Boston, and all over the cape, south shore & most of the rest of new England too... and still, for me, Virginia takes the cake

Most decorated Marine ever

At the cost of many others wasted.

The MAN is dead or I would challenge you to say that to his face. He was ten times the man you haver been or will be. And I'm not speaking of poking quiff.

I was looking to see if anyone would mention this, 53 years ago we said that every night in boot camp at lights out. "Goodnight Chesty Puller, wherever you are."

@@jkillgrove57 years ago for a Hollywood Marine.

We at MCRD SAN DIEGO, said exactly the same thing in 1972

That devil dog never lost his bark or bite, aye?

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He wrote a very good book called "Fortunate Son" in 1992. I read the book and it talked about his struggles with depession and alcohol. He unsucessfully ran for Congress and his surviving wife later served in either the state senate or assembly for Virginia. I am not sure if there son, Lewis Puller III served in the Marines or not.

Ooh Rah Devil Dog ! I'm sorry you went through hell in Nam, but I thank you !

You are mistaken about Chesty Puller’s grief at❤ the death of his son. Chesty Puller died in 1971, his son by self-inflicted gunshot in 1991.

Correction: his son died in 1994.

@@douglashamilton9755 Douglas. I am afraid you are wrong. In Fortunate Son Puller Jr talked about his father's grief at seeing his mangled body for the first time. He never got over how badly injured his son was. He died way before Puller, Jr killed himself. The "grief" referenced in the video and the commentary was from his son's injuries not his death!

I have that in paperback , Sledgehammer wrote a great book .

Absolutely correct no one will ever be able to

OOORAH squid 👊

The Navy chauffers those Wet Boot Patriots! Jealousy mutters behind the backs of those who do the deeds that are the stuff of history. Navy jocks support, don't they? All respect for them in the roles they play.

2022.Respect.

Every branch make fun of each other but in the end we respect each other.

Was thinking the same myself! Well said! Awesome video, which should be shown to every Marine. Heck, should be shown to every American on what they can be, achieve, leadership, etc.

Not to bust your bubble, be we were absolutely the bad guys in that conflict; we were basically just trying to set up a banana republic and the conflict started in the first place because of the influence of American business interests and when they say marines were fighting “rebels” it basically means poor exploited laborers who rose up to keep their land an resources from being exploited by American corporations. My great grandfather was a confederate, he was proud of it, I am not, this is how you should view relatives serving in the Haitian Occupation, go read about the atrocities committed during the 19 years of military occupation.

@@williamjohnson4417 I’m never going to be prouder of my grandfather. He served his country, good, bad or indifferent to it’s goals. He loved the men who suffered with him in the Marines in 1920’s. He didn’t know why he was in Haiti, and it wouldn’t have mattered to him or them. He fought to protect the man next to him, not a political goal! When your ass is on the line, you fight for each other or you die! We have the privilege of hindsight, they didn’t.

The Marines stole the gold of Haiti and transferred it to an American bank City Bank today so if you are black put all your money somewhere else. Still proud that your grandfather was a murderer thief.

​@@stephenreese5921war is a waste of time. Even the Africans figured it out(lol) when elephants fight . The grass suffers.

We called them mustangers.

Glad you liked the video. Thanks for your kind response.

That's what we all shouted at lights out when I was in boot camp in '75.

@@garyproeber2871 we still randomly yell it out when camping or having other group gatherings that end up with people crashing out. Ha!!

🗣shouted “Goodnight CHESTY” in Marine boot camp PI 🌴SC 1976. S/F 🇺🇸

Our DI's added "in heaven or hell" to that. Platoon 2066 Hollywood (1979) OOH RAH!

@@garyproeber2871 Good to know that's not just a movie trope.

Even if you take the solder and marine aspect out that was a man right there. He wrote the same woman every single day for 11 years.

God bless you Mam! 🙂❤

Next documentary will be Smedley Butler. Stay tuned.

I pity you

@@user-gv7uj1wt6s no you are jealous and you know it.

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I like your pure ignorance. How you and your children fight unjust wars for an evil govt. Adorable.

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Shoulda named a carrier after Puller !!

Well said! Very well said! Amen!

@@immunetou2 Amen, indeed! 😇

I have 33 years service to date. My dad served for 33 years. His father served 30 years. My dad's four brothers served approx 35 years each. My three brothers served 25/32 and 6 years each. I have three cousins that have served close to 40 years each. My three brothers in law have served,40/27 &40 years each. I've lost count. BTW, my father in law served 27 years. Irish army.

@@numanoid5665 FOR THE LOVE OF COUNTRY 🇺🇸🙏❤!!! DEDICATION BEYOND WHAT WAS EXPECTED!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR FAMILY'S SERVICE IN GIVING ME MY FREEDOMS TO ENJOY AS A PROUD AMERICAN TODAY 🇺🇸 🇺🇲 🇺🇲 GOODNIGHT NUMANOID WHEREVER YOU ARE 😇!!!

@@minervagalvez4748 thank you for your words