They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.

When you're in command, command.

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

The best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for good seamanship.

Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.

The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.