On The Fields Of Friendly Strife Are

Whoever Said The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword Obviously Never Encountered Automatic Weapons.

I See That The Flagpole Still Stands. Have Your Troops Hoist The Colors To Its Peak, And Let No Enemy Ever Haul Them Down.

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.

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.

I've Looked That Old Scoundrel Death In The Eye Many Times But This Time I Think He Has Me On The Ropes.