Decisive Part Quotes by Chester W. Nimitz

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• By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting…
• Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
• Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
• We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and…
• Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now…
• No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.
• It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on…
• The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base…
• We must not again underestimate the Japanese.
• Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.
• The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.
• The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of…

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