Posted on Jul 30, 2020
These 13 Chesty Puller quotes show why Marines will love and respect him forever
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Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller, is a Marine Corps icon who's known for his quotable quotes nearly as much as his battlefield accomplishments.
Here are 17 of the lines that show why Puller is beloved to this day:
2. "Don't forget that you're First Marines! Not all the Communists in hell can overrun you!"
3. "You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em."
5. "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often."
6. "Where the Hell do you put the bayonet?"
(He said this while at a flamethrower demonstration. Apparently, Puller wanted to be ready to stab the men he set on fire.)
8. "Great. Now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction."
11. "There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go."
12. "We make generals today on the basis of their ability to write a damned letter. Those kinds of men can't get us ready for war."
13. "Son, when the Marine Corps wants you to have a wife, you will be issued one."
Here are 17 of the lines that show why Puller is beloved to this day:
2. "Don't forget that you're First Marines! Not all the Communists in hell can overrun you!"
3. "You don't hurt 'em if you don't hit 'em."
5. "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often."
6. "Where the Hell do you put the bayonet?"
(He said this while at a flamethrower demonstration. Apparently, Puller wanted to be ready to stab the men he set on fire.)
8. "Great. Now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction."
11. "There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go."
12. "We make generals today on the basis of their ability to write a damned letter. Those kinds of men can't get us ready for war."
13. "Son, when the Marine Corps wants you to have a wife, you will be issued one."
These 13 Chesty Puller quotes show why Marines will love and respect him forever
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I know quote 13 very well. I was a Marine station on Okinawa 61-63. I met my future wife their but the Marines didn't want a 21 year old Cpl. Getting married to an Okinawan girl, so when my time was up I came back to the states and got discharged. I joined the Army 2 wks. later. I started the paperwork and 18 months later I took a 30 day leave went back to Okinawa and got Married. We have been married 56 years. I am and will always consider myself a Marine but sometimes you do what you have to do. Semper Fi.
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Capt Chuck Lupico
I can relate, the military in general has the same attitude. I married my French/Vietnamese pen pal as a USAF Staff Sgt. in 71' after 2.5 tours in RVN. The application package had 24 attachments to it. We've known each other for 53 years and have been married for 51 of them.
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