Episode 648-Chesty Puller Saves His Men
The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 648-Chesty Puller Saves His Men

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 24, 202624 min

Needing more time to build up his perimeter, Gen. Vandegrift sends Lt. Col. Chesty Puller and his men out to recon the Matanikau River. The Marines get more than they bargained for. Soon, its Chesty leading a line of Higgins boats to save his trapped men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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But at the same time, he needed to delay any coming enemy attack.

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Hello, and thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast, episode 648, Chesty Puller Saves As Men. Last time, as the Japanese were in progress of massively reinforcing their numbers in Western Guadalcanal, General Van der Graaff was improving his defensive perimeter, but

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But at the same time, he needed to delay any coming enemy attack. Thus, after making organizational changes, he sent Lieutenant Colonel Chesty Puller out, leading the 7th Marines, about 900 men, to ascertain the enemy's dispositions around and just beyond the Matanical River.

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But Chesty and his men got more than they bargained for. Contact was made. The shooting started right away. Again, on September 23rd, Chesty's advance unit, now on the Northwestern slope of one

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