Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor’s officers’ mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for that little interval there between 1941 and 1945.
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William Raymond Manchesterwas an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages.
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He was a great thundering paradox of a man.
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Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.
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I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight’s darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore.
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As she sallied forth from her boudoir, you would never have guessed how quickly she could strip for action.
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