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The Enemy Of Our Games Was Always Japan, And The Courses Were So Thorough That After The Start Of World War Ii, Nothing That Happened In The Pacific Was Strange Or Unexpected.

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 Americans Who Served On Iwo Island, Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue.

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.

Through The Skill And Devotion To Duty Of Their Armed Forces Of All Branches In The Midway Area Our Citizens Can Now Rejoice That A Momentous Victory Is In The Making.

Our Present Control Of The Sea Is So Absolute That It Is Sometimes Taken For Granted.