Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller

He was too tough even for the Marine Corps

Chesty Puller enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1918 at the age of 20. He chased bandits in Haiti and Nicaragua, commanded the Horse Marines in Peking, battled his way from island to bloody island in the Pacific, led the landing at Inchon, and fought the most savage rearguard action of the Korean War. He became a legend in his own time, yet was forced into early retirement with the rank of lieutenant general. Why? No officer every inspired greater courage, loyalty, and devotion from his men, pushed them harder or served them better. But this popularity added to his blunt honesty earned him many enemies in Washington, and when the war was done they no longer needed a fighter like Chesty. 

Here is the explosive true story of the most courageous and controversial commander of them all—the fabulous tale of a real-life hero.

• Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet
• Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC
• I'm Staying with My Boys: The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
• Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
• About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
• With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
• Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
• Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam
• We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
• The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare from Trafalgar to Midway