--- title: "1 Courage-under-fire Quotes By James Bradley" description: "1 Courage-under-fire quotes by James Bradley. Plus more from James Bradley and more Courage-under-fire sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/james-bradley-44630_courage-under-fire_it-would-be-forty-four-years-before-phys_412288.jpg" --- > [“It would be forty-four years before physicist Donald Olson would discover that D-Day at Tarawa occurred during one of only two days in 1943 when the moon's apogee coincided with a neap tide, resulting in a tidal range of only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/it-would-be-forty-four-years-before-physicist-donald-olson-would/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/james-bradley-44630_courage-under-fire_it-would-be-forty-four-years-before-phys_412288.jpg) ## More by James Bradley > [“They are such thin things, these lives of ours; cheap got, cheap lost, mere flickers against the ever dark, brief shadows on a wall.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/they-are-such-thin-things-these-lives-of-ours-cheap-got-cheap-lost/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“This giant fleet of American warships – a modern armada – churns across the ocean day and night for a journey of four thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/this-giant-fleet-of-american-warships-a-modern-armada-churns-across/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“It would be forty-four years before physicist Donald Olson would discover that D-Day at Tarawa occurred during one of only two days in 1943…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/it-would-be-forty-four-years-before-physicist-donald-olson-would/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“The battle of Iwo Jima would quickly turn into a primitive contest of gladiators: Japanese gladiators fighting from caves and tunnels like the catacombs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/the-battle-of-iwo-jima-would-quickly-turn-into-a-primitive-contest-of/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“Today the word "hero" has been diminished. confused with "celebrity." But in my father's generation the word meant something. celebrities seek fame. They take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/today-the-word-hero-has-been-diminished-confused-with-celebrity-but/) [james bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“Nations tend to see the other side's war atrocities as systemic and indicative of their culture and their own atrocities as justified or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/nations-tend-to-see-the-other-side-s-war-atrocities-as-systemic-and/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“The American people will regret the day I was crucified by politics and bureaucracy." Billy Mitchell”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/the-american-people-will-regret-the-day-i-was-crucified-by-politics/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“The Flyboy who got away became president of the United States. What might have been for Warren Earl, Dick, Marve, Glenn, Floyd, Jimmy, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/the-flyboy-who-got-away-became-president-of-the-united-states-what/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) > [“When I asked him, fifty-three years after the event, "Mr. Lucas, why did you jump on those grenades?" he did not hesitate with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bradley/when-i-asked-him-fifty-three-years-after-the-event-mr-lucas-why-did/) [James Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bradley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage-under-fire/james-bradley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Courage-under-fire Quotes By James Bradley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It would be forty-four years before physicist Donald Olson would discover that D-Day at Tarawa occurred during one of only two days in 1943 when the moon's apogee coincided with a neap tide, resulting in a tidal range of only a few inches rather than several feet. The actions of these Marines trapped on the reef would determine the outcome of the battle for Tarawa. If they hesitated or turned back, their buddies ashore would be decimated. But they didn't hesitate. They were Marines. They jumped from their stranded landing crafts into chest-deep water holding their arms and ammunition above their heads. In one of the bravest scenes in the history of warfare, these Marines slogged through the deep water into sheets of machine-gun bullets. There was nowhere to hide, as Japanese gunners raked the Marines at will. And the Marines, almost wholly submerged and their hands full of equipment, could not defend themselves. But they kept coming. Bullets ripped through their ranks, sending flesh and blood flying as screams pierced the air. Japanese steel killed over 300 Marines in those long minutes as they struggled to the shore. As the survivors stumbled breathlessly onto shore their boots splashed in water that had turned bright red with blood. 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