In Popular Culture
- On the HBO miniseries The Pacific, Puller is portrayed by William Sadler.
- In the television series Major Dad, a photograph of Puller is often seen in the background of the commanding generals office at fictional Camp Hollister.
- Gunny had a ceramic eagle autographed by Chesty Puller…until she left it in the care of the Major.
- Puller is mentioned several times in the book series The Corps by W.E.B. Griffin.
- The "Goodnight Chesty wherever you are!" line is used in the 1977 Vietnam War film The Boys in Company C.
- The book Marine!: The Life of Chesty Puller, ISBN 978-0553271829, is about his life as a Marine.
- The book Chesty Puller's Rules of Success, ISBN 978-1885541079, written by Bill Davis, Col, USMC (ret) explores 20 of Puller's "self-imposed principles of action" he gleaned from numerous meetings with the legendary General.
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