#naval

The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task forces and army units over the past 100 years or so. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#area #army #being #canada #departure

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#air #america #attacked #date #december

France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so. ↗

— Frank B. Kellogg

#between #confidence #france #i #italy

All family stories are important, just as all people are important, and they deserve to be passed along. ↗

— Karen Chamberlain

#memoir #naval-aviation #naval-history #war #family

I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships? ↗

— Peter Berg

#being #challenge #could #different #drawn

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#american #between #break #could #declaration

I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever. ↗

— Peter Berg

#been #fan #father #forever #historian

I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting. ↗

— John D. Long

#cooper #find #history #i #i am

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. ↗

— William Manchester

#between #course #dress #except #frequent

Except for naval and air exercises, our military should be stationed on American soil, where service men and women can lead normal lives in close proximity to family and friends. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american #close #close proximity #except #exercises