Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller Burke Davis
Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller
- Forfatter
- Forlag
- Udgaver
2
- Sprog
- Engelsk
- Format
- Kategori
Biografier
The gripping story of an extraordinary American hero, the most decorated man in US Marine Corps history, from a New York Times–bestselling author. "We are flanked on both sides by an enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!" —Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
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.
© 2016 Open Road Media (E-bog): 9781504034395
Udgivelsesdato
E-bog: 29. marts 2016
Andre udgaver
Bøger, der ligner Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller
- U-Boat Attack Logs: A Complete Record of Warship Sinkings from Original Sources 1939–1945 Daniel Morgan, Bruce Taylor
- Hurricane R4118 Revisited: The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration to Flight of a Battle of Britain Survivor: The Adventure Continues 2005–2017 Peter Vacher
- Fire-Power: The British Army Weapons & Theories of War 1904–1945 Shelford Bidwell, Dominick Graham
- Dönitz, U-boats, Convoys: The British Version of His Memoirs from the Admiralty's Secret Anti-Submarine Reports Jak P. Mallmann Showell
- First In, Last Out: An American Paratrooper in Vietnam with the 101st and Vietnamese Airborne John D Howard
- The Royal Air Force in the Cold War, 1950–1970 Ian Proctor
- Lost Wings of WWI: Downed Airmen on the Western Front, 1914–1918 Martin W. Bowman
- Soviet Conquest: Berlin 1945 Tony Le Tissier
- The Siege of Kustrin, 1945: Gateway to Berlin Tony Le Tissier
- We Stormed the Reichstag Vassili Subbotin
- Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History Lawrence Paterson
- Battlefield Bombers: Deep Sea Attack Martin W. Bowman
- Night Fighter Over Germany: 'The Long Road to the Sky' Graham White
- Slaughter at Halbe: The Destruction of Hitler's 9th Army April 1945 Tony Le Tissier
- Slaughter at Sea: The Story of Japan's Naval War Crimes Mark Felton
- Dog Fight: Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I Norman Franks
- Battle of the Odon Georges Bernage
- Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War Reinhard Scheer
- North Sea Battleground: The War and Sea, 1914–1918 Bryan Perrett
- The Men Who Flew the Hawker Hunter Martin W. Bowman
- The First Day on the Somme: Revised Edition Martin Middlebrook
- Bloody April 1917: An Exciting Detailed Analysis of One of the Deadliest Months in the Air in WWI Frank Bailey, Norman Franks, Russell Guest
- The Somme Campaign Andrew Rawson
- Narvik: The Struggle of Battle Group Dietl in the Spring of 1940 Alex Buchner
- Take These Men: Tank Warfare with the Desert Rats Cyril Joly
- From Dunkirk to the Rhineland: The Rhineland via Normandy and Brussels C.N. Murrell
- Lightning Eject: The Dubious Safety Record of Britain's Only Supersonic Fighter Peter Caygill
- Ton-Up Lancs: A Photographic History of the Thirty-Five RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties Norman Franks
- Typhoon Attack: The Legendary British Fighter in Combat in WWII Norman Franks
- Dallas Aviation Bruce A. Bleakley
- Contact!: A Victor Tanker Captain's Experiences in the RAF, Before, During and After the Falklands Conflict Bob Tuxford
- Pegasus, the Heart of the Harrier: The History & Development of the World's First Operational Vertical Take-off & Landing Jet Engine Andrew Dow
- Phantom from the Cockpit: Flying the Legend Peter Caygill
- Two-Man Air Force: Don Gentile & John Godfrey World War Two Flying Aces Philip Kaplan
- Convoy Will Scatter: The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84 Bernard Edwards
- True Crime in the Civil War: Cases of Murder, Treason, Counterfeiting, Massacre, Plunder & Abuse Tobin T Buhk
- Jasta Boelcke: The History of Jasta 2, 1916–1918 Norman Franks
- Attack on the Somme: Haig's Offensive 1916 Martin Pegler
- Hitler's Attack U-Boats: The Kriegsmarine's WWII Submarine Strike Force Jak P. Mallmann Showell
- On and Off the Flight Deck: Reflections of a Naval Fighter Pilot in World War II Henry "Hank" Adlam
- Total Undersea War: The Evolutionary Role of the Snorkel in Dönitz's U-Boat Fleet, 1944–1945 Aaron S. Hamilton
- Death Was Our Companion: The Final Days of the Third Reich Tony Le Tissier
- The Men Who Flew the Mosquito: Compelling Accounts of the 'Wooden Wonders' Triumphant World War Two Career Martin W. Bowman
- Lightning from the Cockpit: Flying the Supesonic Legend Peter Caygill
Vælg dit abonnement
Over 1 million titler
Download og nyd titler offline
Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)
Det er nemt at opsige når som helst
Premium
For dig som lytter og læser ofte.
129 kr. /måned
1 konto
100 timer/måned
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Unlimited
For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.
159 kr. /måned
1 konto
Ubegrænset timer
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Family
For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.
Fra 179 kr. /måned
2-6 konti
100 timer/måned pr. konto
Fri lytning til podcasts
Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto
Ingen binding
Dig + 1 familiemedlem
2 konti179 kr. /måned
Flex
For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.
89 kr. /måned
1 konto
20 timer/måned
Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer
Eksklusivt indhold hver uge
Fri lytning til podcasts
Ingen binding
Har du en rabatkode?
Indtast koden her
