In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.

In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.

While I was not consulted prior to the President's decision to intervene in support of the Republic of Korea, that decision from a military standpoint, proved a sound one, as we hurled back the invader and decimated his forces. Our victory was complete, and our objectives within reach, when Red China intervened with numerically superior ground forces.

WE HAVE HAD OUR LAST CHANCE. THE PROBLEM NOW IS BASICALLY THEOLOGICAL, AND INVOLVES SPIRITUALITY AND IMPROVEMENT OF human CHARACTER. IT MUST BE OF THE SPIRIT IF WE ARE TO SAVE THE FLESH.

I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.