Perspiring from fright after his rifle jammed under enemy fire, the 23-year-old lieutenant had almost reached safety when he tripped a howitzer round that blew half his body away. He drank more and more, keeping half-gallon bottles of white wine at home, even bringing fifths of scotch to work. Once there, he leaned on a caddie wearing a Pabst Blue Ribbon trucker-styled cap. Through it all, Toddy allowed him no self-pity. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. An elevated starboard bow view of the guided missile frigate Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) underway, 17 September 1983. By the time I graduated from college, I had flunked out of one school and was on academic and disciplinary probation at another, Puller said. Under the strain, she had lost 15 pounds during her pregnancy. He felt his courage caving. The frigate spent the rest of the year conducting underway training periods off San Pedro. [6] In 1991, she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. Toddy, then a fourth-grade teacher in Woodbridge, had gotten pregnant on a weekend outing to the Rappahannock River, abruptly scuttling their plans to marry upon his return. He obviously put a lot into it., Puller returned to Vietnam last August for the first time since the war, and said he was overwhelmed when he met disabled Vietnamese veterans, Here I am, sitting on an NVA (North Vietnam Army) soldiers bed with him, he said You know, our stumps are all tangled up. ", Campbell and Tiger, indeed, squared off at La Costa in the Match Play, and in Tim Rosaforte's 2000 book "Raising the Bar," he noted a little-reported exchange in which Tiger approached Campbell on the first tee box, "got in the New Zealander's face, and said without anyone else hearing: 'I heard you want a piece of me. The guided missile frigate Lewis B. Puller was laid down on 23 May 1979, at San Pedro, Calif., by the Todd Pacific Shipyard Corp.; launched on 15 March 1980 and sponsored by Mrs. Virginia M.. From left to right, rear to front; left row (rear) Sides (FFG-14), (front) Mahlon S. Risdale (FFG-27), middle row (rear) Duncan (FFG-10) (center) Copeland (FFG-25) (lead ship) Lewis B. Puller(FFG-23), right row (rear) George Philip (FFG-12) and (front) Wadsworth (FFG-9), 23 January 1994. The following year he won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. Shifting homeports from Naval Station (NS) Long Beach to NS San Diego (45 January 1994), Lewis B. Puller next participated in Fleetex 94-2A with Carrier Group Kitty Hawk and Tripoli (LPH-10), flagship for the amphibious readiness group (1517 March). After accomplishing a holiday upkeep period in Long Beach, Lewis B. Puller began preparing for refresher training (1317 January 1987). His father was the legendary Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, son of the late and legendary Lewis Burwell 'Chesty' Puller, lost both legs and parts of his hands in Vietnam 19 years ago, where as a Marine platoon leader he won the Silver Star, a Navy commendation for valor, two Purple Hearts and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. Puller was graduated from the Christchurch School, in Christchurch, Virginia, in 1963 and from the College of William and Mary in 1967. Tiger started birdie-birdie and dusted the Kiwi, 5 and 4. It was incredible.. 'I think this is wonderful,' said Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. at the Fourth of July concert, 'but sometimes I wonder if all this isn't just making it easier for a whole new generation to be sucked into what we were.'. During her underway period, she made port visits to Curacao, Netherland Antilles (30 May2 June); Guantnamo Bay (20 June); NS Rodman, Panama (11 July); and Mazatln, Mexico (1417 August). [1] The title of this autobiography was borrowed from the song "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival, to which he gives credit in the opening pages. Like Lee, Jackson and his father "Chesty," the name of Lewis B. Puller Jr., is hallowed now -- his story true. Now 41 and a wheelchair-bound Pentagon lawyer, he is writing a book dealing with the lives of his father and himself and some of the larger issues of war. "The lessons learned from Vietnam." The guided missile frigate Lewis B. Puller was laid down on 23 May 1979, at San Pedro, Calif., by the Todd Pacific Shipyard Corp.; launched on 15 March 1980 and sponsored by Mrs. Virginia M. Puller, wife of Lt. Gen. Puller; and commissioned on 17 April 1982, Cmdr. Tiger, being a capitalist and all, secured himself a $2 million appearance fee. She also participated in torpedo exercises on the Nanoose Torpedo Range (1316 August), before returning to Long Beach on the 21st. Clinically speaking, what killed that Confederate soldier's great grandson was a self-inflicted shotgun wound -- and probably alcohol. A state legislator, she was attending a special session of the General Assembly. He was not sponsored by PBR. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. His marriage was ending, Scruggs said. Returning to Subic Bay, she later stood out via Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (1023 July), en route to San Diego (1 August). "If she thought, 'This is horrible -- he is in a wheelchair forever,' then life would have been over.". That's where despair lies, I think: where there's no explanation, no simple story that satisfies, no controlling theme. The photograph of Puller at his home is part of an eight-box collection of Puller documents that contains about 100 photos of the legendary Marine general, Whitley said. Following a series of further qualification tests, she conducted a missile firing exercise with Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG-27) against supersonic drone targets (2324 April). Seizing the contraband and five crewmembers, Lewis B. Puller arrived at NS Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, to transfer the prisoners and contraband to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). 'I didn't see any of the sons of corporate leaders in Vietnam. The frigate got underway for its final deployment, steaming for Rodman, Panama (2 October). Despite that treatment, Puller continued to suffer severe depression and occasional bouts of alcoholism. The ones who survived were heroes; the more heroic, the greater the wounds. As three tugs took Lewis B. Puller under tow from South West Marine Shipyard back to Long Beach, one of the tugs had a maneuvering problem and collided with the frigate (20 March 1992). He arrived in July 1939 and resumed command of the Marine detachment on the Augusta. Now, for the rest of my Pinehurst pen marks: Having said all that about Tiger and Campbell, the gesture by Williams, Tiger's caddie and Campbell's countryman, to hang out by the 18th green and give Campbell a congratulatory hug and handshake had to rate as perhaps Williams' classiest move since he started looping for Tiger. Campbell and Turner threatened to boycott the tourney. After completing the exercise, the group visited Sasebo, Japan (1013 April). Tiger, with his second-place mark, now has 15. It was massive news in New Zealand, along the lines of the Steinlager brewery catching fire or the price of lamb chops rising. [1] Life and career [ edit] The firing squad honed to perfection and acting as one Marine. He served as a director of the Vietnam Memorial Association, an American non-profit group that promotes reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam. I've never been to New Zealand. He flunked out of flight school two years later. The Masters is invite-only, and you can check your Pabst Blue Ribbon trucker-styled cap at the door. Relegated to the reserves, he resigned and re-enlisted for active duty as a private for the chance to serve as a lieutenant in the Marine-led gendarmerie during the U.S. occupation of Haiti. What's harder to argue -- but I will -- is that he also died from the stories we tell ourselves, the myths necessary to nation-building, and a present so awful that the past seems a lie. We were 23 years old and I had to be like this for the rest of my life, but she didn't have to stick it out," says Puller, now asking his wife if she remembers that day. His wife, Toddy, 23 and pregnant, was in her parents' living room at Fort Belvoir that day in 1968 when she learned the shattering news. Puller would go on to serve for 37 years, including combat commands in both World War II and the Korean War. Then the President's Own Marine Corps Band plays slowly a few haunting bars of The Marine Hymn letting it fade on the wind in the trees. Following a port visit to Anchorage (1316 October), the warship returned to Long Beach for fuel and provisions on the 22nd before steaming for exercise Kernal Usher 89-1 the next day. His hands are jammed into the pockets of his brown suit and he's holding a tobacco pipe in his teeth. On October 11, 1968, his rifle jammed during an engagement with North Vietnamese troops; Puller was wounded when he tripped a booby-trapped howitzer round, losing his right leg at the hip, his left leg above the knee, his left hand and most of his fingers on his right hand in the explosion. Like other Southern boys, Lewis was introduced to both guns and drink at an early age. Gore's caddie, Lewis Puller III, wore a trucker-styled Pabst Blue Ribbon cap throughout the U.S. Open. It's easy, and probably not wrong, to say that Lew Puller died from the unhealed wounds he suffered in Vietnam. He was not sponsored by PBR. Over the following years, his aggressive pursuit of Csar Augusto Sandinos rebels led to numerous battles, two Navy Crosses, and a reputation for fearlessness, as well as the nickname Chesty. After spending 10 months undergoing advanced training at U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, Puller began a second tour of duty in Nicaragua in July 1932. He retired as a lieutenant general in 1955. Upon returning to Long Beach, the guided missile cruiser began conducting counter-narcotics operations to the south, aggressively prosecuting small craft in search of contraband off the Channel Islands and the Northwest Baja coast (418 October). Puller later recalled the first time his father saw him in the hospital. In this story of how someone negotiated a cruel turn in life, Puller overcomes 15 operations, the hell of alcoholism and a suicide attempt and earns a law degree, runs for Congress, wheels himself to work every day. Lewis Puller Jr. On the C-SPAN Networks: Lewis Puller Jr. is an Author with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1992 Booknotes . "My mom was running around crying and telling us to go back to sleep. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1992. But the drinking continued. During an underway period to Hawaii, the ship conducted countless drills for refresher training (814 May). He was promoted to captain in February 1936 and returned to the United States later that year to begin a teaching assignment at The Basic School, the training course for newly commissioned or appointed Marine officers. National Archives Identifier: 6526424. Gore's caddie, Lewis Puller III, wore a trucker-styled Pabst Blue Ribbon cap throughout the U.S. Open. Scruggs said he hadnt heard that Puller was drinking again, but said he had suffered a painful setback earlier this year when he fell out of bed and hurt his spine. Your running for the House of Representatives ten years after our meeting in Vietnam reaffirmed the worth of my service there and is a source of great personal satisfaction to me.". With the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel, Puller spent the following months training his men for the battles ahead. Typical sound at the U.S. Open, as player misses 5-foot knee-knocker for bogey on the back nine: "YEEEEAAAHHHoooooooohhhh (fade to silence).". Updates? He was an old-line Virginian. A veterans' advocate and Pulitzer Prize winner whose hands were disfigured and whose legs were torn from his body by a booby trap in Vietnam, he had finally surrendered in his 26-year battle. In 2000, Campbell had ascended on the international stage, reaching as high as 14th in the World Golf Rankings. Chesty Puller's early life and entry into the US Marine Corps. "Toddy is a real hero," says Kerrey, who remains friends with the couple. I thought he was winning". Jon Hoffman retired as a colonel from the Marine Corps Reserve in 2008 after thirty years as an infantry officer and field historian, including seventeen years of active duty. Ralph K. Martin in command. I'm just here to report that his hairstyle part 'fro, part bouffant was last seen on Percy Sledge, circa 1964. On 26 May, the ship conducted a boarding of the fishing vessel Marabella II, and discovered 4,000 pounds of marijuana. A medic who heard the explosion found one of Lewis Puller Jr.'s feet, still inside his boot, 100 feet from his body. Perhaps most enduring, though, is the unofficial lights out slogan of the Corps: Good night, Chesty, wherever you are., American government official, economist, and business executive. He was thinking, he says, about not wanting his kids to know he was a lush. She made a port visit at Curaaoin the Netherlands Antilles before passing through the Panama Canal (812 November) to patrol against narcotics smugglers in the Caribbean (12 November31 December). During several short underway periods off Long Beach in JanuaryMarch 1988, Lewis B. Puller participated in ASW exercises. ", On another occasion, when Puller was particularly angry and bitter, Kerrey says, he heard Toddy say, "Lewis, I'm going to bury you in a suitcase if you don't stop.". Lewis B. Puller made way for Australia, crossing the equator and entering the realm of King Neptunes Court (15 June). "When you see what he's done," says Ellis, "you got to believe that no matter what happens to you, you can't feel sorry for yourself. Tiger didn't hand it too Campbell this time around, not with his struggles with the putter. Puller was the son of the most highly decorated Marine in U.S. history, Gen. Lewis Chesty Puller. The world that the so-called Vietnam generation inherited was not supposed to work the way it did. "He's been wounded. THE HOT, humid, muggy and buggy summers along Virginia's Rappahannock River, where Stonewall Jackson died and where Lewis B. Puller Jr. grew up, make some of us think of Vietnam. America (CV-66) and her escorts, including Lewis B. Puller, relieved BG Bravo in the North Arabian Sea (10 June 1986). Omissions? "I had to learn how to stop being fixated on the past, to live in the future," says Puller, a Pentagon attorney turned acclaimed author. His three-year stint as tactics instructor occurred during a major expansion of the officer corps, and his lessons on small wars would influence a critical generation of Marine leaders. On February 1, 1944, he was promoted to temporary colonel, and in September 1944 he was given command of the 1st Marines for the assault on Peleliu. 'My father was very conservative. I have no idea whether Lew Puller was aware it was exactly 131 years later, almost to the hour, that he pulled the trigger to take his own life. When I came to several hours later, Toddy was standing over me, screaming and slapping my face, and all I could think was that my suicide gesture, like my life, had been a failure. It would be the last time he did not march toward the sound of the guns. Puller was given command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), as the United States prepared for a conflict with Japan that seemed inevitable. The explosion tore away his legs and parts of both hands. As he negotiates his way through the Fairfax County rambler, back toward his and Toddy's bedroom, he wheels himself around workmen's dropcloths and rolled-back carpet. Gore went to local qualifying, then to sectional qualifying and earned his way to the national Open. Twenty movie offers. Those who knew him say that it was primarily because of his iron will and his stubborn refusal to die that he survived. I'm certainly more moderate than he was. They give strength to each other. People in this video. Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (August 18, 1945 May 11, 1994) was an attorney and a United States Marine Corps officer who was severely wounded in the Vietnam War. I then drank another half dozen shots and called a prominent Vietnam veteran in New York whom I barely knew to tell him what a rotten deal we veterans had gotten from our country. Taps echoes after the last volley report fades. Witness the Bosnian Serbs and Muslims, who have been fighting for centuries. Turning Life Around I begrudgingly came to realize that I must undergo a drastic change in attitude to avoid spending the rest of my days as a miserable, lonely freak. Alcohol was the source of his problems before. He has the logo on his golf bag and has a special connection with his caddie Lewis Puller. Puller told the story of his ordeal and its aftermath in his 1991 autobiography, Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller Jr., published by Grove Press. Turns out all the Tiger-izing miffed some of the locals, including our man Campbell. On November 8 Puller was wounded in a Japanese machine gun and artillery attack on his command post. As a solid for his New Zealander caddie, Steve Williams, Tiger agreed to play the low-profile New Zealand Open. Lewis Puller Jr., son of "Chesty" Puller -- the most decorated Marine in history, a man who had covered himself with glory from Guadalcanal to Inchon -- had been married five months when an. Does that mean that the stories our own parents told us were lies? Lewis B. Puller spent the first week of September tasked as the Southern California ready duty counter-narcotics vessel, however, she did not deploy due to lack of suspect traffic (110 September). It was very thoughtful. For a while he existed only on lime Life Savers and Pall Mall cigarettes. The photo itself holds an element of mystery. Why Jason Gore ruled: His caddie's hat. Chesty died in October 1971 following a series of strokes. [2], The shell riddled his body with shrapnel, and he lingered near death for days with his weight dropping to 55 pounds, but he survived. [7] Puller's survivors included their two children, Lewis III and Maggie, his twin sister, Martha Downs, and sister, Virginia Dabney. William H. Smith ordered the gunnery exercise rapidly cut short and the round disposed of. A family friend who spoke on condition of anonymity said Puller shot himself. You have to credit Johnny Miller with a tremendous sense of restraint. Later that night, Walter Cronkite would tell the nation on "The CBS Evening News": Another tragedy in Vietnam today, a famous American son had fallen. Pullers next assignment took him to China (193336), where he was in charge of the Marine detachment on the USS Augusta under Capt. Your survival had seemed to me a miracle of dubious value which severely tested the moral imperative of my Hippocratic oath. Fortunate Son: The Healing of a Vietnam Vet. But if it didn't, as Southerners learned the lesson of their Lost Cause, the defeat was honorable. At least Campbell didn't dress like Tiger on Sunday. A family friend who spoke on condition of anonymity said Puller shot himself. (Point of fairness: at age 29, through the 1969 U.S. Open, Jack had seven runner-ups. Tormented with aches that never stopped and growing doubts about the war, Puller would scream for morphine. He led his old regiment in the daring amphibious assault on Inchon (September 15, 1950), during vicious street fighting in Seoul (September 2527, 1950), and through the maelstrom of subfreezing weather and relentless Chinese human-wave attacks in the Chosin Reservoir campaign (NovemberDecember 1950). Lewis Burwell Puller Jr. (August 18, 1945 - May 11, 1994) was an attorney and a United States Marine Corps officer who was severely wounded in the Vietnam War. [2] After his graduation from Officer Candidate School, he received orders to South Vietnam in July 1968, where he served as an Infantry Platoon Leader for three months. Vietnam was "different" is just about all we can say. That's the question all baby boomers asked of the generation that had born them. He lived a quiet retirement in Saluda, Virginia, marked only by his testimony in favour of tough training at the sensational McKeon trial at Parris Island in 1956. "He could have walked away from her when Toddy got pregnant. He was dead. I was in a wheelchair and I had been to war. Nobody was like Toddy. It's Philadelphia tomorrow, isn't it? He said Puller required hospitalization. Dana Delany and Holly Hunter are the favorites for Toddy, she says, and Robert Duvall keeps coming up for "Chesty" Puller. Lewis B. Puller remained busy into New Year 1997, shifting her homeport to Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island, San Diego, in preparation for the Chinese Navys first port visit to the continental U.S. (2025 March 1997). Cause of death: suicide (by gunshot). "We buried his foot.". The war we were talking about was, of course, World War II. One day he started drinking and decided he wouldn't stop until he was dead. Don M. Boileau, who taught a class at George Mason with Puller, said he received a handwritten note Wednesday from his colleague. Makes it all a little richer, doesn't it? Denied a seat at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Puller was once again ordered to China. As Puller wheels himself into his kitchen in southern Fairfax County to make a cup of tea, he and Toddy talk about how their life has suddenly changed. The United States had just entered World War I when he finished high school, but he chose to attend Virginia Military Institute. Benjamin Ferry and his Grandfather, Richard T. Ferry, side-by-side while each was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. After five years of writing, scribbling his memories one page at a time with what is left of his right hand, his autobiography, "Fortunate Son," has become one of the hottest new books in the country. For his actions at Chosin, he received a fifth Navy Cross, becoming the only Marine in history to earn that many awards of the nations second highest military decoration. Linda Ford "Toddy" Todd, an art history major at Mary Washington College, sister school to the then all-male University of Virginia, and Lewis Burwell Puller Jr., a graduate of William and Mary College and a Marine officer, had married hurriedly in a chapel at Quantico two months before he left for war. Fairfax County police said only they were investigating a death at Pullers residence. He has to get ready for a book signing at Olsson's in Georgetown and a radio appearance on "Larry King Live.". Just as Puller's Vietnam experience changed him irrevocably physically, it also brought about deep changes in the way he viewed war. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) _ Former U.S. Marine Lewis B. Puller Jr., whose autobiography recounting his experiences as a disabled Vietnam veteran won him a Pulitzer Prize, committed suicide Wednesday. Departing from Hawaii, she made way for Vancouver, B.C., to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training (2528 July). It occurred at 3 p.m. on May 10, 1863. After the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), the U.S. was at last drawn into World War II and Puller would gain his first experience leading American troops in the field. Puller was born in West Point, Virginia, some 35 miles (56 km) east of Richmond, and he grew up on the tales of aging Confederate veterans and the heroic historical novels of G.A. Today she is an adviser to Virginia Gov. Me? Destroyer Squadron One (DesRonOne) steaming in formation off the coast of San Clemente Island. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two Purple Heart Medals, and the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross for his service in the Marine Corps.[3]. He enlisted in the United. Campbell and Turner agreed to play the tournament when organizers relented and said they'd let youths under 16 in for free. After a respite in Australia, the 7th Marines, with Puller now serving as the regiments executive officer, landed at Cape Gloucester in northwest New Britain, on December 26, 1943. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. While remaining on station in the Caribbean for counter-narcotics operations through January 1998, Lewis B. Puller received orders to steam back to San Diego and join the United States Pacific Fleet, Naval Reserve Force (1 January 1998). Gore's caddie, Lewis Puller III, wore a trucker-styled Pabst Blue Ribbon cap throughout the U.S. Open. [6] In the days leading up to his death, Puller fought a losing battle with the alcoholism that he had kept at bay for 13 years, and struggled with a more recent addiction, to painkillers initially prescribed to dull continuing pain from his wounds.[2]. If Ladbroke's had offered 1,000-to-1 odds Saturday night that Retief Goosen would shoot 81 in his final round, I'm not even sure I'd have wasted a fiver on it. "More than anything," she says, "he needed to feel like he was a man.". Join Facebook to connect with Lewis Puller III and others you may know. In May 1942 Puller and the 7th Marines arrived in Samoa to defend against a possible Japanese attempt to sever the sea lanes between the U.S. and Australia. The first U.S. Navy ship named Lewis B. Puller conducted her shakedown training the last two weeks of May 1982, before gun firing tests (24 June). L. Douglas Wilder and is running for delegate again. [5] Henty. [9], In a statement, Puller's wife, Toddy said, "Our family has been moved and humbled by the outpouring of affection for Lewis. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Another difference between The Masters and the U.S. Open the sounds. Puller's hair is graying in the photo. "I despised him," wrote Fuller, "for having been spared the most catastrophic episode of our generation.". A misfire on board Lewis B. Puller the next day caused a good deal of excitement amongst the crew, and Cmdr. The situation in China had changed dramatically since his first tour. Michael Campbell Haka the night away, my friend. But even when the guns stop firing, the images last forever. 'I'm very proud of my father and the Marine Corps, but I just don't think I could stand to see anything happen to my son,' he said. Expect commissioner Tim Finchem to fine Gore for instigating gambling on the golf course. Tiger is 29.). To the list of names of victims of the Vietnam War, add the name of Lewis Puller, she said in a statement Wednesday night. He merely wore the hat for its look and for brand loyalty.. Puller joined the 4th Marines in Shanghai and was promoted to major in August 1940. Total Rating 100%. The formation consists of sevenFFGclass ships of the Naval Reserve Force. Facebook gives people the. ", The Will to Stay Together When she bent to kiss me, the warmth of her lips against mine eased my grief, and I was mercifully unable to read the anguish and uncertainty that she hid behind a mask of grim determination. Marine Corps General Lewis B. Puller Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B 'Chesty' Puller, USMC, Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Copyright 2023 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Chesty Puller, USMC, during the Korean War,1 September 1950. Throughout the months of JulyAugust, she conducted workups for a five-week long Pacific Exercise (Pacex). 'When I needed this kind of support, it wasn't there,' Puller said in an interview outside the arena. I would look at her for signs of rejection.". He was ordered to stop drinking. It is clear that Lewis affected the lives of people in ways that we never knew." She spent the remainder of the year in port at San Pedro. And of love. In just over eight weeks on Guadalcanal, the officers of the 1st Battalion had suffered a casualty rate of 50 percent; casualties among enlisted men approached 30 percent. For 10 years she was a docent at the Smithsonian, giving tours of the First Ladies exhibit. "It's a miracle to me," says Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb. His son is Lewis Burwell Puller III, whose illustrious lieutenant general grandfather fought in Haiti, Nicaragua, Guadacanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and Korea, winning four Navy crosses, the bronze and silver stars and the Legion of Merit to become the most decorated Marine in history. "They are devoted to each other. National Archives Identifier: 6423339. He followed in his father's footsteps and became a Marine officer. "I wanted to walk so badly," says Puller, who ultimately had to resign himself to the confines of a wheelchair. 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