Ardent Quote by William Manchester

“After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States entered into World War II to protect our way of life and to help liberate…

— Kara Martinelli

American fighters of the Pacific War were not heroes. The desperation of island combat included exchanged barbarities of which no one would willingly speak…

— James Carroll

“The Americans, Dutch and Australians had lost further vessels as well, notably at the battle of the Java Sea in February. As a result,…

— Charles River Editors

Pilot to crew. Take a good look at Pearl Harbor. Maybe it's something you'll want to remember.

— Dudley Nichols

For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation…

— Tom Clancy

“Midway was merely a convenient target chosen by Yamamoto to draw the Americans out, and both sides’ objectives were attritional attempts to degrade their…

— Charles River Editors

“Posted on the other side of the world, it was early on the morning of December 8 in the Philippines when Douglas MacArthur received…

— Charles River Editors

My uncles and my father were all in the Royal Navy. One of my uncles, as a matter of fact, was drowned in the…

— Vanessa Redgrave

“No one’s exploits in the division had glowed more incandescently than those of Douglas MacArthur. He was that rarity, a courageous exhibitionist, a fearless…

— Joseph E. Persico

“The organization of high-tempo air operations from carriers remains an extremely challenging proposition even today, but in June 1942, the Japanese were world leaders…

— Charles River Editors

“TF-16 returned to Pearl Harbor on May 26 in good order, with one huge exception: Admiral Halsey, the sixty-year-old commander, arrived back completely exhausted…

— Dale A. Jenkins

“Though distrust of the Japanese was widespread in the Navy, Sprague was among the first to appreciate exactly what the Japanese might do. In…

— James D. Hornfischer