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God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
Appended to a variant of the Serenity Prayer in The Armed Forces Prayer Book (1951)
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.
Pearl Harbor has now been partially avenged.
A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep her in paint and powder.
It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of peril.
That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.
Because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.
Perhaps we will be forgiven if we claim we are about midway to our objective!
Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.
We've taken a whale of a wallop, but I have no doubt of the ultimate outcome.
We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.
Historic Ship Exhibits in the United States (1969)
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.
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 serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
We have a solemn obligation — the obligation to ensure that their sacrifice will help make this a better and safer world in which to live.
Our present undisputed control of the sea was achieved primarily through the employment of naval air-sea forces in the destruction of Japanese and German sea power.
Employment of Naval Forces (1948)
The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.
Is the proposed operation likely to succeed?
What might be the consequences of failure?
Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of matériel and supplies?
Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
Employment of Naval Forces (1948)
United we fought and united we prevail.
Well, you were only five miles, five degrees, and five minutes off.