I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.

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

If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh.

Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

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

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.

We must not again underestimate the Japanese.