{"id":50721,"date":"2019-06-26T21:15:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/26\/chesty-puller-is-a-legend-for-his-5-navy-crosses-heres-how-he-earned-his-silver-star\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:52:32","slug":"chesty-puller-is-a-legend-for-his-5-navy-crosses-heres-how-he-earned-his-silver-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/06\/26\/chesty-puller-is-a-legend-for-his-5-navy-crosses-heres-how-he-earned-his-silver-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesty Puller is a legend for his 5 Navy Crosses. Here\u2019s how he earned his Silver Star."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. Lewis B. \u201cChesty\u201d Puller\u2019s battlefield heroics from Nicaragua, World War II and Korea, earned him five Navy Crosses and near divine reverence among Marines past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While his five Navy Crosses are often the bulk of Puller stories and lore \u2014 he also earned a Silver Star during the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puller was awarded the Silver Star for \u201cconspicuous gallantry and intrepidity\u201d as he commanded the successful landing of the 1st Marine Division at Inchon on Sept. 15, 1950, during the Korean War, according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/hero\/5665#85383\" target=_blank>award citation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/02\/19\/is-it-time-to-give-chesty-puller-the-medal-of-honor\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chesty-puller.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Is it time to give Chesty Puller the Medal of Honor?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The most decorated Marine in the Corps&#039; history, Puller was never nominated for the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Puller\u2019s Silver Star award citation provided few details of the storied commander\u2019s landing at Inchon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, according to the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Puller was awarded the Silver Star by Army Gen. 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