God Grant Me The Courage Not To

Luck Can Be Attributed To A Well-conceived Plan Carried Out By A Well-trained And Indoctrinated Task Group.

The Enemy Of Our Games Was Always Japan, And The Courses Were So Thorough That After The Start Of World War Ii, Nothing That Happened In The Pacific Was Strange Or Unexpected.

God Grant Me The Courage Not To Give Up What I Think Is Right Even Though I Think It Is Hopeless.

Among The Men Who Fought On Iwo Jima, Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue.

The Best That Science Can Devise And That Naval Organization Can Provide Must Be Regarded Only As An Aid, And Never As A Substitute For Good Seamanship.