--- title: "4 William D. Leahy Quotes - Famous Naval officer" description: "William Daniel Leahy was an American naval officer and was the most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II; he held se..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-william-d-leahy-72678.jpg" --- ![Portrait of William D. Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-william-d-leahy-72678.jpg) # William D. Leahy (1875–1959) Naval Officer **4** quotes in **49** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet William D. Leahy was a naval officer. ## Quick Facts About William D. Leahy Born May 6, 1875 Died July 20, 1959 Profession Naval Officer Notable works I was there: the personal story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman based on his notes and diaries made at the time. ## About William D. Leahy William Daniel Leahy was an American naval officer and was the most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II; he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy. As a fleet admiral, he was the first flag officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. ## Quotes by William D. Leahy > [ The use of \[the atomic bombs\] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-d-leahy/the-use-of-the-atomic-bombs-at-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-was-of-no/) William D. Leahy [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/william-d-leahy-72678_adopted_the-use-of-the-atomic-bombs-at-hiroshima_581704.jpg) > [The Bomb will never go off, and I speak as an expert in explosives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-d-leahy/the-bomb-will-never-go-off-and-i-speak-as-an-expert-in-explosives/) William D. Leahy [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/william-d-leahy-72678_bomb_the-bomb-will-never-go-off-and-i-speak-a_2157803.png) > [Wars cannot be won by destroying women and children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-d-leahy/wars-cannot-be-won-by-destroying-women-and-children/) William D. Leahy [Atom bomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atom-bomb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/william-d-leahy-72678_atom-bomb_wars-cannot-be-won-by-destroying-women-a_2810526.png) > [It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-d-leahy/it-is-my-opinion-that-the-use-of-this-barbarous-weapon-at-hiroshima/) William D. Leahy [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/william-d-leahy-72678_adopted_it-is-my-opinion-that-the-use-of-this-ba_2993347.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-d-leahy/#itemlist", "name": "William D. Leahy Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons... The lethal possibilities of atomic warfare in the future are frightening. My own feeling was that in being the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. 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