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On the evening of December 8, therefore, after the Japanese had bombed the airfields and destroyed many of General MacArthur's planes, our submarines and motor torpedo boats, which were still in Philippine water, were left with the task of impeding the enemy's advance.

— Ernest King

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Initiative means freedom to act, but it does not mean freedom to act in an offhand or casual manner.

CINCUS to Vandegrift for his flyers- Many happy returns Sunday and congratulations- Keep knocking them off.

Any man facing a major decision acts, consciously or otherwise, upon the training and beliefs of a lifetime.

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Machines are as nothing without men. Men are as nothing without morale.

Anyone who won't take a chance now and then isn't worth a damn.

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