25 Quotes by Chester Nimitz

Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.

The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.

We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.

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.

I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.

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.

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.

Some of the best advice I’ve had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.