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

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

Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

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.

Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.

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

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