This is Jocco podcast number 122 with echo Charles and me,

Jocco Willink.

Good evening, echo.

Good evening.

And if you have not listened to episode 121, the previous episode to this one, go listen

to it before listening to this episode or even the next episode, they are all linked

together.

That's why we release them all at the same time.

This episode picks up where the last episode left off.

This episode is about the story of Chester Puller's son, Lewis B. Puller Jr.

And we will be learning about Lou Puller Jr. from his audio autobiography, which is entitled

Fortune at Sun.

It is a Pulitzer prize winning book about his life, growing up with his father and his

experiences when he joined the Marine Corps, served as a platoon commander in Vietnam,

and about his life upon his return from the war and the struggles that he faced.

Let's go to the book.

I first noticed my father's tattoo this summer he returned from the Korean War.

We had just moved from Virginia to the Marine Basic Camp Pendleton, California.

Mother had asked me to awaken him from an afternoon nap, and as I entered their bedroom and

stood beside his sleeping figure, my eyes were drawn to the blue globe and its anchor

on his right upper arm.

When I extended my hand to trace the outline with my finger, he awakened.

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