We must not again underestimate the Japanese.

We must not again underestimate the Japanese.

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.

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.

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

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.

Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.