Among The Men Who Fought On Iwo

The Best That Science Can Devise And That Naval Organization Can Provide Must Be Regarded Only As An Aid, And Never As A Substitute For Good Seamanship.

No Other Island Received As Much Preliminary Pounding As Did Iwo Jima.

A Ship Is Always Referred To As 'she' Because It Costs So Much To Keep One In Paint And Powder.

When I Assumed Command Of The Pacific Fleet In 31 December, 1941; Our Submarines Were Already Operating Against The Enemy, The Only Units Of The Fleet That Could Come To Grips With The Japanese For Months To Come. It Was To The Submarine Force That I Looked To Carry The Load Until Our Great Industrial Activity Could Produce The Weapons We So Sorely Needed To Carry The War To The Enemy. It Is To The Everlasting Honor And Glory Of Our Submarine Personnel That They Never Failed Us In Our Days Of Peril.

I Felt That It Was An Unnecessary Loss Of Civilian Life... We Had Them Beaten. They Hadn't Enough Food, They Couldn't Do Anything.