"Chicago's buoy was a couple of hundred yards astern of Arizona, and I was saddened to look at her."

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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."

John F. Kennedy, American President

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"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."

Christina Engela, South African Author

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"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."

Alphonse Allais, French Writer

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"I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service."

Joseph Heller, American Novelist

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"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."

Barry Goldwater, American Politician

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"Blinker Hall, operating on the quaint theory that the Navy might be needed for battle and that whatever increased the ship's efficiency was a criterion for change, had continued trampling on the toes of orthodoxy."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

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"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

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"I have always had a particular antagonism for the military."

Donna Leon, American Author

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"Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack."

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"On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor."

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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."

"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."

"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."

"Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."

"I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service."

"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."

"Blinker Hall, operating on the quaint theory that the Navy might be needed for battle and that whatever increased the ship's efficiency was a criterion for change, had continued trampling on the toes of orthodoxy."

"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars."

"I have always had a particular antagonism for the military."

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"The good news was that Enterprise and the newly arrived Yorktown had attacked the Marshall and Gilbert islands. Those attacks had a great effect on morale."

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"You could tell that America was gearing up for war."

"Our task force put to sea in early January 1942, to attack the Japanese in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, but the mission was called off on the eve of the attack."

"In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies."

"If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle."

"We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby."

"On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor."

"The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4."