Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.

Have a good plan, execute it violently, and do it today.

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.

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.

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.

Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.