When You're In Command, Command.

God Grant Me The Courage Not To Give Up What I Think Is Right Even Though I Think It Is Hopeless.

I Have Just Taken On A Great Responsibility. I Will Do My Utmost To Meet It.

When I Assumed Command Of The Pacific Fleet In 31 December, 1941; Our Submarines Were Already Operating Against The Enemy, The Only Units Of The Fleet That Could Come To Grips With The Japanese For Months To Come. It Was To The Submarine Force That I Looked To Carry The Load Until Our Great Industrial Activity Could Produce The Weapons We So Sorely Needed To Carry The War To The Enemy. It Is To The Everlasting Honor And Glory Of Our Submarine Personnel That They Never Failed Us In Our Days Of Peril.

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

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.