“Let's shoot the works and win! Yes win it all.”

“Lack of orders is no excuse for inaction.”

“Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.”

“All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.”

“We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.”

“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.”

“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.”

“A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.”