We must not again underestimate the Japanese.

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

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

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

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

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

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.