Lewis Burwell Chesty” Puller”””

Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, whose barrel chest and blunt manner inspired his nickname, was a thirty-seven-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. The most-decorated Marine in history, he earned five Navy Crosses, the U.S. Navy'smsecond-highest decoration, for fighting in Nicaragua, at Guadalcanal and in New Guinea during the Second World War (1939–1945), and at the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War (1950–1953).