More by Ernest King
It is no easy matter in a global war to have the right materials in the right places at the right times in the right quantities.
U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy (1946)
Do the best you can with what you have.
Do not worry about water that has gone over the dam.
Difficulties exist to be overcome.
Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record (1952)
War has changed little in principle from the beginning of recorded history. The mechanized warfare of today is only an evolution of the time when men fought with clubs and stones, and its machines are as nothing without the men who invent them, man them and give them life.
Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record (1952)
To the Class of 1901, United States Naval Academy.
Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record (1952)
In the last analysis, Russia will do nine-tenths of the job of defeating Germany.
There is work in plenty for all hands- officers and men.
While we contemplate with pride the accomplishments of the past twelve months- accomplishments without precedent in naval history- we must never forget that there is a long, tough and laborious road ahead.
U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy (1946)
The war has been variously termed a war of production and a war of machines. Whatever else it is, so far as the United States is concerned, it is a war of logistics.
U.S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy (1946)
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