I Have Just Taken On A Great

Among The Men Who Fought On Iwo Jima, Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue.

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

God Grant Me The Courage Not To Give Up What I Think Is Right Even Though I Think It Is Hopeless.

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.

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