“We make generals today on the basis of their ability to write a damned letter. Those kinds of men can’t get us ready for war.”
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller Jr (USMC)
Bonus:
“I don’t give a good g—–n how many Chinese laundrymen there are between us and Hungnam. There aren’t enough in the world to stop a Marine regiment going where it wants to go! Christ in His mercy will see us through.”
Colonel, later Lieutenant General, Lewis “Chesty” Burwell Puller. Said while rallying his vastly outnumbered Marines to defeat attacking Chinese forces at Koto-ri.
