Marine!

The Life of Chesty Puller

De: Burke Davis

Narrado por: Bill Thatcher

The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in US Marine Corps history, from a New York Times best-selling author.

In the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to receive the Navy Cross five separate times - a military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of Honor - he was the epitome of a professional warrior. A son of the South, descendant of Robert E. Lee, and cousin to George S. Patton, Puller began his enlisted career during World War I and moved up through the ranks as he proved his battlefield mettle in Haiti and Nicaragua, with the Horse Marines in Peking, in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and in the nightmarish winter engagements of the Korean War.

Fearless and seemingly indestructible, adored by the troops he championed yet forced into early retirement by a high command that resented his "lowly" beginnings and unwillingness to play politics, Puller remains one of most towering figures in American military history. Bestselling military biographer Burke Davis paints the definitive portrait of this extraordinary marine hero.

©1962 Burke Davis (P)2019 Tantor

Semper Fi Chesty Wherever You Are!

A geat American warrior of a special class of fighting men known as Marines. A modern day Stonewall Jackson.

Wonderful book about an extraordinary man.

Narrator was excellent. It's too bad the military establishment held back his tributes & forced him to retire for bogus reasons. Book was good until the very end.

Amazing Book

Great book detailing the history of the greatest Marine and one of the greatest military leaders in history!

Legendary hero

This is a great biography about a legendary American hero general. This man truly inspires greatness in generations to follow. He showed us what real leadership and courage look like in combat, leading from the front, never surrendering!

Impact

Amazing and can’t believe how much guts a human can have very motivate to learn and apply some of chesty wisdom

Warrior

Thankfully we had men like him to fight our wars. Hopefully we have no more wars.

Truly inspiring story

What an amazing story. I only wish that it told the story of the rest of his life and his thoughts on the Vietnam war and how it was handled. If he was leading, we would have won that war.

A great gentleman, a strong-ass marine

Wow, I absolutely loved this book. Made me want to be a marine if I was younger and he was still active duty. What an amazing leader. Leading from the front, what a novel idea. Today's leaders in politics, businesses, and all branches of the armed forces can learn a lot from his tactics. And God was definitely on his side, by not getting killed.

I can't imagine what he would think about the state of the world today. Many of his predictions came true about Japan, China, Russia, the state of communism, and much more.

The narrator was excellent, and I really enjoyed listening to his voice. In particular, the way he changed the tone and pitch of his voice made it easy to follow along with the story.

The leadership of Chesty

The book showed how a great leader a man he was in the marine corps.

An Inspiring Tale of a Little Known Hero

This expertly told story of the quintessential US Marine and fighting man is moving and inspiring.