Sunday Reflection: After his own loss, a general salutes two brave Marines | Washington Examiner

My Uncle, Lt. Ole Woods, served with Puller at Chosin.  It's good to know the Marines still produce leaders of this caliber.

Sunday Reflection: After his own loss, a general salutes two brave Marines | Washington Examiner

I was in the Army but I've always had the utmost respect for the United States Marine Corps. Like the Texas Rangers, the Marines have a reputation for being the bane of those who are the enemy. The Army, as good as it is, has strived to ensure continuity of leadership by developing leaders that appear to have come from the same bland mold. They are effective leaders, to be sure, but they lack the aura of leadership that fighting men, and women, crave. That unique, oft-times flamboyant style of individual leadership was purposely bred out of Army Generals after the death of George Patton. The Army clearly decided that it should only have Generals as adept in the art of Political Correctness as they were in the Art of War.

The Marines have not traveled that same path and they still produce leaders that would bring a smile to Chesty Puller's face. Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly is one such leader and he is clearly a warrior that understands war and how best to prosecute it. This is the type of leader that has made the Marines the organization that they are. May his hero son and the two heroic Marines he speaks of rest in peace and may God Bless them. Semper Fi!

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