Nimitz Quotes & Sayings
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Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies? — Chester W. Nimitz
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. — Chester W. Nimitz
The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military. — Chester W. Nimitz
That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves. — Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz's quiet but firm action in immediately addressing his command was as significant a decision as any he made in those early days. Reaching out to all concerned and assuring them of their worth worked wonders to shore up morale, put as much of the Pearl Harbor disaster behind them as possible, and get his command looking forward instead of backward. Still, in the months ahead, they were all going to be spread thin. — Anonymous
No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima. — Chester W. Nimitz
Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making. — Chester W. Nimitz
Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men. — Chester W. Nimitz
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER AS BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. THEY DIED TOGETHER AND NOW THEY SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE. TO THEM WE HAVE A SOLEMN OBLIGATION. — Chester W. Nimitz
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. — Chester W. Nimitz
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right, even though I think it is hopeless. — Chester Nimitz
We must not again underestimate the Japanese. — Chester W. Nimitz
The enemy of our games was always Japan, and the courses were so thorough that after the start of World War II, nothing that happened in the Pacific was strange or unexpected. — Chester W. Nimitz
The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat. — Chester W. Nimitz
A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. — Chester W. Nimitz
We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds. — Chester W. Nimitz
Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted. — Chester W. Nimitz
The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan. — Chester W. Nimitz
At the lobby desk, the manager informed them that there was no room for them there either. Fieberling, who was leading-man handsome, flashed a confident grin and asked for the manager's name, telling him that his squadron's orders to lodge there had come directly from Admiral Nimitz, and he would need to advise the commander-in-chief why his order had been disobeyed. It was a bald-faced lie, but the manager nervously disappeared into his office. A minute later he came back out smiling at Fieberling as if he had just won the lottery. — Robert J. Mrazek
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil. — Chester W. Nimitz
If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh. — Chester W. Nimitz
When you're in command, command. — Chester W. Nimitz
Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group. — Chester W. Nimitz
Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best. — Chester W. Nimitz
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. — Chester W. Nimitz
I felt that it was an unnecessary loss of civilian life ... We had them beaten. They hadn't enough food, they couldn't do anything. — Chester W. Nimitz