"History - in every century, records an act that lives forevermore. We'll recall - as in to line we fall, the thing that happened on Hawaii's shore." Unknown (to me)
"...So, we've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion but what's important--why the Pilgrims came here, who Jimmy Doolittle was, and what those 30 seconds over Tokyo meant." President Ronald Reagan farewell speech in 1989
"Give me a fast ship for I intend to go in harms way."
John Paul Jones
"For a time, the Flying Tigers provided the only victories against the Japanese anywhere in the Far East... This handful of men had shown that the Japanese were not invincible." - Duane Schultz, author of The Maverick War
"Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.!
Admiral Halsey - December 1941
"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning."
Colonel David M. Shoup - (Tarawa) - 21st November 1943
This is a fight between a free world and a slave world. - Vice President Henry A. Wallace
"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil." - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet
"Americans do not surrender." General George S. Patton
I'd like to thank all the veterans and their families both past and present for the FREEDOM My family and I continue to enjoy.
"I consider it no sacrifice to die for my country. In my mind, we came here to thank God that men like these have lived rather than to regret that they have died." General George S. Patton
"Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.! Admiral Halsey - December 1941
Now there is fighting spirit. No wonder McArthur called Halsey the greatest fighting Admiral of the Navy.
How come they don't make men like this anymore? Like Halsey and Patton. I know, everyone has to toe the pc line, blah, blah.