His name was Lewis Burwell (“Chesty”) Puller, and when he was retired in 1955 as a lieutenant general, he was the most decorated man in Marine Corps history. In Marine! Burke Davis has written ...

Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller ordered elements from the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines to conduct an exploratory mission to the peninsula Point Cruz along the Matanikau River. That region of the ...