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.

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

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

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.

Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.

No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.

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.