Chester W. Nimitz Quotes About War Of The Worlds

• They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Brother, War, Sleep

  Chester W. Nimitz's statement broadcast to the United States and the Pacific Fleet after ceremonies in Tokyo Bay accepting the official surrender of Japan, September 2, 1945.

• The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  War, Marine, Islands

• It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Military, War, Enemy

• No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  War, Iwo Jima, Islands

• Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Military, War, Marine

• We must not again underestimate the Japanese.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  War, World, Underestimate

• 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.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  War, Japan, Games

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