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“Spruance sent an appropriate message of commendation and appreciation to Mitscher and Task Force 58. “This has been an auspicious beginning for the operations immediately ahead,” said Spruance. “I am proud to have operated with you again.”
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
“Ambassador Spruance, a quiet person by nature,” wrote one associate to Forrestel, “listened, absorbed, and then formed his own independent, sound judgments. His decisions, calmly and carefully considered, but definite in purpose, reminded me of a steam roller pursuing a determined, inexorable course. His quietness is deceptive. He is a deep thinker, a meticulous planner, and a person of unusual intuition and perception. The absence of bombast in a person of his achievements is one of his greatest attributes.”
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
“In considering a nuclear war of the future, Spruance later wrote, “I am still opposed to the idea of war being conducted by mass destruction of civilian targets by long range missiles armed with nuclear warheads. I recognize that, if our enemy has them, we must be prepared to counter an attack and probably to retaliate in kind. I hope that the responsible governments of the world will be successful in their negotiations to prevent such a situation from ever coming to pass.”
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
“On one bizarre night the Japanese landed a transport plane on an American airfield, and 22 Japanese commandos galloped out and proceeded to destroy 7 parked aircraft and 70,000 gallons of aviation gasoline.”
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
“During the war I was always impressed with the necessity of keeping an open mind and of being receptive to the ideas of others,” he said. “We study military history for the lessons it has to teach us, but we must not expect necessarily to obtain from history the correct answers to future problems. Situations rarely repeat themselves, and preconceived solutions, which result in fitting the situation to the solution and not the solution to the situation, are apt to be dangerous or costly. No one of us can be highly competent in all fields. It behooves us to recognize this fact and to take advantage of the superior knowledge and capabilities of others in their respective fields. Don’t insist upon making a lot of the decisions yourself which your subordinates can make better than you can.”
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
― The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
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