Thomas G. Pullen

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Thomas G. Pullen

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At this time, the Marine Corps was getting a good press coverage and favorable news dispatches from France touting [[5th Marines]] success in driving entrenched German troops from ''[[Battle of Belleau Wood]]''.{{cite journal|last=Hugel|first=Dave|title=The Teacher and the Warrior|journal=Lea Therneck: Magazine of the Marines|date=February 2010|pages=18–21|url=http://archives.ubalt.edu/ub_archives/ub_collection/pdf/Pullen%20marines.pdf|accessdate=April 5, 2013}}
At this time, the Marine Corps was getting a good press coverage and favorable news dispatches from France touting [[5th Marines]] success in driving entrenched German troops from ''[[Battle of Belleau Wood]]''.{{cite journal|last=Hugel|first=Dave|title=The Teacher and the Warrior|journal=Lea Therneck: Magazine of the Marines|date=February 2010|pages=18–21|url=http://archives.ubalt.edu/ub_archives/ub_collection/pdf/Pullen%20marines.pdf|accessdate=April 5, 2013}}
Along with 65,000 other recruits Pullen met another fellow Virginian named [[Chesty Puller|Lewis B. Puller]]. They became lifelong friends, even though their careers took very different directions.
Along with 65,000 other recruits Pullen met another fellow Virginian named [[Chesty Puller|Lewis B. Puller]]. Despite their divergent career paths, the two maintained a lifelong friendship.


Pullen years later wrote to historian Burke Davis about his 8 weeks as a recruit at Paris Island:
Pullen years later wrote to historian Burke Davis about his 8 weeks as a recruit at Paris Island:
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