We Must Not Again Underestimate The Japanese.

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

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

I Felt That It Was An Unnecessary Loss Of Civilian Life... We Had Them Beaten. They Hadn't Enough Food, They Couldn't Do Anything.

Leadership Consists Of Picking Good Men And Helping Them Do Their Best.

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.