In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson wearing three-star rank, 1945
Chesty Puller
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Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller was a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served with distinction in W
Lieutenant general (United States)
…Joseph Stilwell, Commander of the China Burma India Theater and later Deputy Allied Commander in China. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, U.S. Marine Corps, the most decorated Marine in Marine Corps history (only Marine ever to be awarded the Navy Cross five times) Lewis Blaine Hershey…
Puller in 1950
Puller (center left), Sergeant William "Ironman" Lee (center right), and two Nicaraguan soldiers in 1931
Lieutenant Colonel Puller on Guadalcanal in September 1942
Colonel Puller cutting the Marine Corps birthday cake on November 10, 1950.