From the Far East I send you one single thought, one sole idea - written in red on every beachhead from Australia to Tokyo - "There is no substitute for victory!"

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.

Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

A soldier plods and groans, sweats and toils, he growls and curses, and at the end he dies.

There is no security. Only opportunity.