William Frederick Halsey, Jr.

“Before we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.”

“There are no great men, there are only great challenges, which ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.”

“Missing the Battle of Midway has been the greatest disappointment of my career, but I am going back to the Pacific where I intend personally to have a crack at those yellow bellied sons of bitches and their carriers.”