WORLD WAR II, 1941-1945
Marines Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima, February 1945
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded and I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
-- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
It is my earnest hope-- indeed the hope of all mankind -- that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.
-- General Douglas MacArthur,
Supreme Allied Commander of South-West Pacific (1945)