NathanA Legacy
His unprecedented leadership skills and fearlessness is something that has set Puller’s legacy in stone. The Marine Corps’ mascot, a purebred English bulldog is named “Chesty Pullerton.” Marines would often close off the night by chanting, “Good night, Chesty Puller, wherever you are!” They would also shout out while shoving each other, “Chesty Puller never quit!” In boot camp, a marine’s comfort is to tell themselves, “It was good for Chesty Puller, and it’s good enough for me.” Every year, a Marine Corps detachment from Fort Lee, Virginia, would run a 66-mile distance all the way to Puller’s grave in his honor. His legacy lives on indeed.