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How Marine Legend Chesty Puller Became a ‘Butter Bar’ 3 Times
 

By Logan Nyesvg%3E | January 28, 2021

Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller, one of the Marine Corps’ greatest heroes, had to earn his “butter bars” (as the rank of second lieutenant is called because the devices are yellow/gold in color) not once or twice, but three times before it stuck.

Puller dropped out of college in 1918 and joined the Marines in an attempt to get to France before World War I ended, but he was assigned to training new Marines in the states instead. He attended noncommissioned officer training as a corporal and was appointed to the Marine Officers Basic School. Upon graduation in 1919, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the reserves- butter bar #1.

Unfortunately, the war had wrapped up and the Marine Corps was downsized only 10 days later. Puller was placed on the inactive list.

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He would not be welcome in today's military. 88kleenix