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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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