WILLIAM HALSEY

I never trust a fighting man who doesn’t smoke or drink.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs!

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months.

Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.

Hit hard, hit fast and hit often

I never trust a fighting man who doesn’t smoke or drink.

If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

We must make that nation of beasts so impotent that they never again will be able to rise up.

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

Before Guadalcanal the enemy advanced at his pleasure - after Guadalcanal he retreated at ours.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.

Kill Japs, kill Japs, kill more Japs!

[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done, the enemy turned away. All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. Carry the battle to the enemy! Lay your ship alongside his!

The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months.

Hit hard, hit fast and hit often