I recently came across the character of Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller. Lt. Gen. Puller was in charge of a Marine division at the battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War, in which 1st Marine Division was surrounded and cut off deep behind enemy lines and proceeded to fight their way back to UN lines. He became known for several of his witticisms regarding their dire situation:
All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of
us, they’re behind us…they can’t get away this time
Responding to a question about being surrounded by the Chinese:
They are a damn site better than the U.S. Army, at least we know that they
will be there in the morning.
He also had subtle criticism of the Air Force:
The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the
Air Force has accomplished during the war.
Remarking on their chances of breaking out from Chosin:
There are not enough Chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment
from going where ever they want to go.
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