Summary of Burke Davis's Marine!

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#1 Lewis Burwell Puller was born in 1898 into a small boy’s paradise in the village of West Point, Virginia. He was the oldest son of Matthew M. Puller, a wholesale grocery salesman who spent most of his time on the road.

#2 Lewis’s father died in 1908, and his mother began dismissing the family’s black servants. Lewis began trapping that winter, and sold the hides for fifteen cents each. He rarely spoke on these trips until noon, when they would sit on a log for a sandwich.

#3 Lewis’s favorite Confederate was the mayor of West Point, Sergeant Willis Eastwood, who had ridden with his grandfather and the gray cavalry. Eastwood often told the boys of the death of their grandfather: Your granddaddy was elected colonel of infantry in the county, but he wouldn’t have it—he gave it up to be captain in the horse troop.

#4 Lewis had a clinical interest in the veterans of the Confederate army, and he would often ask Sergeant Eastwood about the war. He became a merchant on his own initiative, and would sell steamed crabs from a nearby packing house.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822531970

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Insights on Burke Davis's Marine!

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Lewis Burwell Puller was born in 1898 into a small boy’s paradise in the village of West Point, Virginia. He was the oldest son of Matthew M. Puller, a wholesale grocery salesman who spent most of his time on the road.

#2

Lewis’s father died in 1908, and his mother began dismissing the family’s black servants. Lewis began trapping that winter, and sold the hides for fifteen cents each. He rarely spoke on these trips until noon, when they would sit on a log for a sandwich.

#3

Lewis’s favorite Confederate was the mayor of West Point, Sergeant Willis Eastwood, who had ridden with his grandfather and the gray cavalry. Eastwood often told the boys of the death of their grandfather: Your granddaddy was elected colonel of infantry in the county, but he wouldn’t have it—he gave it up to be captain in the horse troop.

#4

Lewis had a clinical interest in the veterans of the Confederate army, and he would often ask Sergeant Eastwood about the war. He became a merchant on his own initiative, and would sell steamed crabs from a nearby packing house.

#5

Lewis was a star athlete in high school, and was captain of the track team. He was not a good student, but he never neglected his own reading. He dreamed of attending Virginia Military Institute, and his mother was able to afford the tuition.

#6

Lewis was promoted to Cadet Corporal at the end of the year. Academically, he stood 177th among 233 cadets. His subject standings in his class: Mathematics, 200th; English, 149th; German, 138th; History, 102nd; and, most significantly, Military Science, 89th.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Lewis was the only man to board the train at Richmond, but four or five hundred Marine recruits from the North kept the cars lively all night and the next day, until they reached a remote siding in the South Carolina low country at Yemassee.

#2

The class was sent to France to be used as replacements for the troops there. However, the war in Europe was nearing its end, and the men were sent to San Domingo to help put down the rebellion there.

#3

In June, Puller graduated from the Marine Corps Academy, ranking 128th in his class. He was discharged in June, and two weeks later, the end of the war brought