男人，神话，传说：晚安，切斯蒂·普勒

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一位海军陆战队军官的海军陆战队军官的儿子遇到了切斯蒂·普勒，他对海军陆战队流行的口号提出了他的看法：“晚安，切斯蒂，无论你在哪里。

当我的帕里斯岛海军陆战队演习教官发现我和海军陆战队传奇人物“切斯蒂”普勒共享同一个生日时，他让我每天晚上在灯光熄灭时对我的排说“晚安，切斯蒂，无论你在哪里”。

7 年 10 月 1944 日，新不列颠格洛斯特角第 <> 海军陆战队的高级参谋。Chesty Puller是左起第二个。

口号“晚安切斯蒂，无论你在哪里”是经常使用的致敬，以表达对已故传奇中将刘易斯·B·“切斯蒂”·普勒的崇高敬意，他是唯一一位获得5枚海军十字勋章的海军陆战队员（为什么他从未获得荣誉勋章是另一个有争议的话题）。

与海军陆战队历史上装饰最多的海军陆战队员分享生日是不小的负担，特别是因为我是第二代海军陆战队员，出生在南卡罗来纳州帕里斯岛附近的海军陆战队空军基地。

我父亲是F-2中队VMFA-4的一名年轻的第二中尉飞行员，当时他有幸在海军陆战队的一次活动中见到了普勒。他说他是一个超凡脱俗的人物，当他大摇大摆地走进房间时，即使在晚年也是如此。

海军陆战队F-4飞行员，拉里·布朗上尉在越南战争期间与VMFA-312。

通过令人难以置信的毅力和坚韧，普勒成为一个活着的传奇。他与他的士兵并肩站在一起，驼背自己的背包和食物，受伤时拒绝治疗，直到他的士兵得到治疗。对他的部下来说，他似乎是他们中的一员，但他也被视为一个久经沙场的希腊神。他高喊着战斗命令，在战场上徘徊，仿佛不受敌人的炮火影响，并激励他的部下表现出勇气和成就，让他的上级和其他军事人员感到惊讶。

他以将士兵的需求放在首位而闻名，并且经常因海军陆战队军官在战场上最后吃饭的传统而受到赞誉。他表现出对咕噜声的持久热爱，尤其是那些承担了大部分牺牲和死亡的初级士兵。

虽然没有人能同意“晚安切斯蒂，无论你在哪里”的起源或方式，但它至今仍在海军陆战队中使用。服装公司奥斯卡·迈克（Oscar Mike）由瘫痪的海军陆战队退伍军人诺亚·柯里尔（Noah Currier）创立，甚至有一件专门献给普勒的T恤，背面印有“晚安胸”图案。

因此，在他生日的这个时刻，这位海军陆战队老兵向你致敬，并再次喊道：“晚安，切斯蒂，无论你在哪里。

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Good Night, Chesty Puller | Military.com

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Good Night, Chesty Puller

Military.com | By Sean Mclain Brown

The Marine son of a Marine Corps officer who met Chesty Puller offers his thoughts on the popular Marine Corps slogan: “Good night Chesty, wherever you are.”

When my Parris Island Marine Corps Drill Instructor found out I shared the same birthday as Marine Corps legend “Chesty” Puller, he made me say “Good night, Chesty, wherever you are” every night to my platoon when the lights went off.

The senior staff of the 7th Marines on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Jan 10 1944. Chesty Puller is the second from the left.

The slogan “Good night Chesty, wherever you are” is an often-used tribute of supreme respect to the late and legendary Lieutenant Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, the only Marine to receive 5 Navy Crosses (why he never earned the Medal of Honor is another contentious topic).

Sharing the birthday with the most decorated Marine in the history of the Marine Corps is no small burden, especially since I am a second-generation Marine and was born on the Marine Corps airbase adjacent to Parris Island in South Carolina.

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My father was a young 2nd Lieutenant pilot with F-4 squadron VMFA-312 when he had the privilege of meeting Puller at a Marine Corps event. He said he was a larger-than-life figure and commanded the room when he swaggered in, even in his later years.

Marine Corps F-4 Aviator, Captain Larry Brown with VMFA-312 during the Vietnam War.

Through incredible fortitude and tenacity, Puller became a living legend. He stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his men, humped his own pack and provisions, and when wounded, refused treatment until his enlisted men were treated. To his men, he seemed like one of them, yet he was also regarded as a battle-hardened Greek god. He shouted battle orders and stalked battlefields as though impervious to enemy fire, and inspired his men to perform acts of valor and accomplishments that astonished his superiors and other military brass.

He famously put the needs of his men first and is often credited for the Marine Corps tradition of officers eating last when in the field. He displayed an abiding love for grunts, especially the junior enlisted men who did the majority of the sacrificing and dying.

Though no one can agree where or how “Good night Chesty, wherever you are” originated, it is still used to this day among Marines. The apparel company Oscar Mike, founded by paralyzed Marine Corps veteran Noah Currier, even has a T-shirt dedicated to Puller with the 'Goodnight Chesty' graphic emblazoned on the back.

And so on this occasion of his birthday, this Marine veteran salutes you Chesty, and once again shouts, "Goodnight, Chesty, wherever you are."

-- Sean Mclain Brown can be reached at sean.brown@military.com. Follow him on Twitter at @seanmclainbrown.