The World Has Turned Over Many Times

The Outfit Soon Took On Color, Dash And A Unique Flavor Which Is The Essence Of That Elusive And Deathless Thing Called Soldiering.

I Came Out Of Bataan And I Shall Return!

Today The Guns Are Silent. A Great Tragedy Has Ended. A Great Victory Has Been Won. The Skies No Longer Rain With Death - The Seas Bear Only Commerce - Men Everywhere Walk Upright In The Sunlight. The Entire World Lies Quietly At Peace. The Holy Mission Has Been Completed. And In Reporting This To You, The People, I Speak For The Thousands Of Silent Lips, Forever Stilled Among The Jungles And The Beaches And In The Deep Waters Of The Pacific Which Marked The Way.

I Realize That Advice Is Worth What It Costs--that Is, Nothing.

Once War Is Forced Upon Us, There Is No Alternative Than To Apply Every Available Means To Bring It To A Swift End. War’s Very Object Is Victory-not Prolonged Indecision.