Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.

Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.

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

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

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.

Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.