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He earned five Navy Crosses over his 37 years of service as well as many other combat decorations, campaign medals and unit commendations. He retired as a lieutenant general in 1955, but his legacy lives on, said Kovnesky, who served as an intel Marine and left the Corps in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vets hope\u00a0the <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">1920-built, <\/span>2,253 square-foot suburban house, built in the 1920s,\u00a0becomes a self-funding venture over the years, with plans to hold\u00a0events such as weddings, reunions, and promotion or retirement ceremonies on the Puller grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The intent of the house is to have a place for Marines to gather,&#8221; Kovnesky said.\u00a0&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a place available to Marines, kind of like a home base: If they can&#8217;t find anywhere to go, they&#8217;ll always have this.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group is\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Virginia 501(c)(3)-pending nonprofit is <\/span>running against the clock, however, to compete with other offers on the house.\u00a0The Marine vets are\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">group is <\/span>also in the process of acquiring a bed and breakfast next door to the Puller family home, and the combined seven acres and nine bedrooms between the two properties could serve as a place of refuge for veterans in need, in addition to\u00a0a venue for Marine events, according to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This will be a cultural point of reference for Marines to make sure something as iconic as Chesty Puller&#8217;s home does not fall by the wayside&#8221; said Anthony Pino, a former captain who worked as an air intel officer and now serves as the vice chairman of the nonprofit.\u00a0&#8220;If it&#8217;s going to be saved for anything, it should be put to use for Marines.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drive to acquire the home is not just out of nostalgia for the general, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pino recently lost a Marine friend, which prompted the group to seek practical means of reaching out and assisting fellow Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a suicide note posted on Facebook, Pino&#8217;s friend implored Marines to love and to take care of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;His last line was &#8216;the door is unlocked,&#8217; and so this is our attitude,&#8221; Pino said.\u00a0&#8220;The idea that [Chesty&#8217;s] home would be used well before anyone ever gets to that point to take care of other Marines, I think that would make him happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group sees this as the natural continuation of Chesty Puller&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis Burwell Puller\u00a0Jr., the Marine general&#8217;s\u00a0<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Puller&#8217;s <\/span>less-well-known son,\u00a0was severely wounded by a mine while serving as a <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Marine <\/span>lieutenant in Vietnam. He lost both legs and parts of his hands, and Chesty broke down sobbing when seeing him for the first time in the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 11, 1994, Lewis Puller\u00a0Jr. died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Chesty was a human being just like the rest of us \u2014 he&#8217;s still with us and still helping people like he always did; he was a Marine&#8217;s Marine, and always looking out for the E-3 who needed help,&#8221; said board member and retired Gunnery Sgt.\u00a0Teresa Carpenter.\u00a0&#8220;This is not a bunch of hair-brained Marines getting together, drinking and saying &#8216;Hey, let&#8217;s buy Chesty Puller&#8217;s house!&#8217;\u00a0We&#8217;ve really sat down, talked this through and really worked on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group has been able to provide earnest money for the home, but the immediate need is to secure funding to purchase it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This last week they achieved the\u00a0status of a pending nonprofit, which Pino said allows them to legally operate in good faith. 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