Hindsight Is Notably Cleverer Than Foresight.

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.

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 Have Just Taken On A Great Responsibility. I Will Do My Utmost To Meet It.

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.

The U.s.'s Major Strength Factor And Weapon Is Its Economy. If You Cripple It, You Cripple The Military.