Quote by Melissa Schroeder

“The Pacific is my home ocean; I knew it first, grew up on its shore, collected marine animals along the coast. I know its…

— John Steinbeck

“Clearly it's not all that pacific on the Pacific Ocean”

— Ilya Ilf, Yevgeni Petrov

“One fine morning the welcome cry of “Land, ho!” greeted our ears, and ere long Tahiti and Moorea were in plain sight. Beautiful Otaheite!…

— John D. Whidden

“The South Pacific is memorable because when you are in the islands you simply cannot ignore nature. You cannot avoid looking up at the…

— James A. Michener

My work as a naval officer in World War II enabled me to serve on 49 different South Pacific islands so that I came…

— James A. Michener

“My parents stood still. It was like we were on two separate islands. Mom and Dad were on one, and I was on the…

— Jenelle Jack Pierre

“Reaching California, many of the Pacific-bound servicemen were caught in limbo, waiting for a ship and that suited them fine. No one doubted that…

— Ian W. Toll

“But as part of that greatest generation, I have to acknowledge how much more we had going for us that contributed to our Pearl…

— Norman Lear

“With grateful thanks to all of the men and women who protect and serve The United States of America, and to Operation Mend, who…

— Katy Regnery

“I lost life over the pacific in a sea of regrets.”

— Charles Stokes

“The Second World War was over - and there I was at high noon, crossing Times Square with a Purple Heart on.”

— Eliot Rosewater