The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.

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 U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.

It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

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

Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.

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.