“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.”

“To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone.”

“We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body.”

“When the mind's free, The Body's delicate.”