When You're In Command, Command.

They Fought Together As Brothers In Arms; They Died Together And Now They Sleep Side By Side. To Them We Have A Solemn Obligation.

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.

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.

Hindsight Is Notably Cleverer Than Foresight.

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