“There has never been a military operation remotely approaching the scale and the complexity of D-Day. It involved 176,000 troops, more than 12,000 airplanes, almost 10,000 ships, boats, landing craft, frigates, sloops, and other special combat vessels--all involved in a surprise attack on the heavily fortified north coast of France, to secure a beachhead in the heart of enemy-held territory so that the march to Germany and victory could begin. It was daring, risky, confusing, bloody, and ultimately glorious [p.25]”

“One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country.”

“In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. ”

“The WWII generation shares so many common values: duty, honor, country, personal responsibility and the marriage vow " For better or for worse--it was the last generation in which, broadly speaking, marriage was a commitment and divorce was not an option”

“You are educated. Yourcertification is in yourdegree. You may think ofit as the ticket to the goodlife. Let me ask you to think of analternative. Think of it as yourticket to change the world.”

“A common lament of the World War II generation is the absence today of personal responsibility ”

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”