21 William Bull Halsey Quotes

William Bull Halsey quotes

1. By the time we're through with them, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell.

2. Kill Japs, kill Japs, and keep on killing Japs!

3. Jesus Christ and General Jackson! This is the hottest potato they ever handed me!

4. There was nothing I could do, except become angrier.

5. Strike Fast, Strike Hard, Strike Often.

6. Investigate and shoot down all snoopers - not vindictively, but in a friendly sort of way.

7. orders to carrier pilots during cease-fire with Japan

1. I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.

2. I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink.

3. All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.

4. When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!

5. There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet.

6. The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the elite of the world.

7. Kill Japs, kills Japs, kill more Japs!

8. There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.

9. If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.

10. There are no great men, only ordinary men, who have met extraordinary challenges.

11. There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

12. [Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours more than two to one, I sent my task force commanders this dispatch: ATTACK REPEAT ATTACK. They did attack, heroically, and when the battle was done, the enemy turned away. All problems, personal, national, or combat, become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble. Carry the battle to the enemy! Lay your ship alongside his!

13. The only good Jap is one that's been dead six months.

14. Hit hard, hit fast and hit often