Breathing life into a sculpture of ‘Chesty' Puller

Every detail of the eight-foot sculpture has been meticulously researched — from the characteristic smoking pipe and .45-caliber sidearm to the pair of 1942 naval binoculars and "USMC" lettering on the uniform.Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated Marine in history and the only one to receive five Navy Crosses, stands tall again, larger than life, in an airy studio in Newtown Square. The molded face of clay is scowling, and the right arm is extended as if Puller is directing fire at the enemy. "We're surrounded," he once said during battle. "That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them."