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.
Chester W. NimitzWe shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.
Chester W. Nimitz