60 - Man of War: Chesty Puller

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Dan Cummins

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🗓️ 6 November 2017

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

The most highly decorated Marine in the history of the Corps, Lewis "Chesty" Puller won five Navy Crosses, a Purple Heart, a Silver Star, the Army Distinguished Service Cross, five Presidential Unit Citations, and more. He fought for the Marines in Haiti. He fought again in Nicaragua. And then again in WWII. And once more in Korea. And then, at nearly 70 years old, he tried to fight in Vietnam! He was a fearless soldier, a courageous and talented leader, a loving father, a devoted husband, and just one Hell of an American. Hope you enjoy this Suck in honor of this week's Veteran's Day. Timesuck is also brought to you today by the Dollar Shave Club. Get the first month of the Executive Razor, Dr. Carver's Shave Butter, and more for free for only $5 with FREE shipping by going to www.dollarshaveclub.com/timesuck Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast

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0:00.0	Five Navy crosses, a purple heart, a silver star, the Army Distinguished Service Cross,
0:07.0	five presidential unit citations.
0:09.0	These are just a few of the awards earned by Lewis Burwell-Puller, aka Chester Puller,
0:15.0	the most decorated Marine in the history of the Corps.
0:17.7	He fought and fought a lot in the Korean War and World War II.
0:21.3	He fought in the jungles of Haiti and Nicaragua for years.
0:24.6	He earned the rank of Major General and served as Assistant Division Commander and then
0:28.3	Commander of the First Marine Division in Korea.
0:31.3	He was post-humansly promoted to Lieutenant General at a respect for his Distinguished Service.
0:35.6	He was a soldier or leader, a man's man's man.
0:38.8	Remember those old Chuck Norris jokes?
0:40.6	Chuck Norris doesn't sleep.
0:41.8	He waits.
0:43.0	Chuck Norris once shot an enemy playing down with his finger by pointing at it and yelling
0:46.8	bang.
0:48.4	What was going to the minds of all of Chuck Norris' victims before they died?
0:52.3	His shoe.
0:53.3	Chuck Norris has two speeds.
0:54.8	Walk and kill.
0:56.1	Well, Chester Puller would kick Chuck Norris' ass.
1:00.9	So let's get to know this real-life legend, this American military hero in Honor of
1:04.6	Veterans Day this Saturday.
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