"Guadalcanal is no longer merely a name of an island in Japanese military history. It is the name of the graveyard of the Japanese army."
- Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, IJACommander, 35th Infantry Brigade at Guadalcanal
"!@#$%^ it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"
- Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe - 13th January 1943