I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.

The sum of a million facts is not the truth.

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.

I realized that the worst thing that could happen to me was about to happen to me.

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.