I Felt That It Was An Unnecessary

They Fought Together As Brothers In Arms; They Died Together And Now They Sleep Side By Side. To Them We Have A Solemn Obligation.

Hindsight Is Notably Cleverer Than Foresight.

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.

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.

We Shall Never Forget That It Was Our Submarines That Held The Lines Against The Enemy While Our Fleets Replaced Losses And Repaired Wounds.