If You're Not Making Waves, You're Not

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

A Ship Is Always Referred To As 'she' Because It Costs So Much To Keep One In Paint And Powder.

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.

Luck Can Be Attributed To A Well-conceived Plan Carried Out By A Well-trained And Indoctrinated Task Group.

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.