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.

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.

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

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

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.

We must not again underestimate the Japanese.

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