World War 2 Quotes - Page 3
- The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet
- By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the American who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet
- It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a worl dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.
- General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Allied Commander of South-West Pacific (1945)
- Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.
- General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Allied Commander of South-West Pacific (1945)
- Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here.
- General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Allied Commander of South-West Pacific (speaking of the Philippines, December 5, 1940)
- Rangers, Lead The Way!
- Colonel Francis W. Dawson (D-Day Invasion, 1944)
- Anyone who fights, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy who dominates the air, is like a primitive warrior who stands against modern forces, with the same limitations and the same chance of success. - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
- All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time.
- Lieutenant General Lewis B.Chesty Puller (surrounded by 8 enemy divisions)
- Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- We must not again underestimate the Japanese.
- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet (after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941)
- 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
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