Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC (Paperback)
From Library Journal
The first biography since Burke Davis’s uncritical Marine! (1962), this engrossing biography by Hoffman (Marine Corps Historical Ctr.) effectively describes “Chesty” Puller (1898-1971) as an enduring icon of the U.S. Marine Corps. His 37-year career included engagements with bandits in Haiti, rebels in Nicaragua, Japanese Imperial forces on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peliliu, and North Korean and Red Chinese armies in Korea. Puller’s legendary reputatio (more…)
