Yes, a real man.
That must have been awful for him, as it was for so many parents, when his son was severely wounded. On one hand...he knew, understood, and had engaged in the business of combat, but when it is your flesh and blood...I wonder if that made it worse for him, wondering if he had pushed his son into it, that kind of thing.
Puller called it the “butchers bill.” And he paid it every time one of his men was a casualty of woulding or death.I do not think many military men carried such a large burden as Puller did. Thats part of what made him great, and why he is still revered today at Paris Island.