#pacific

We have listened here to the delegates who have recalled the terrible human suffering, and the great material destruction of the late war in the Pacific. It is with feelings of sorrow that we recall the part played in that catastrophic human experience by the old Japan. ↗

— Shigeru Yoshida

#delegates #destruction #experience #feelings #great

The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#carolinas #charters #extending #given #had

V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#day #ended #fighting #japan #japanese

Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan's national power and an obstacle to the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. ↗

— Tojo Hideki

#clearly #considerable #four #japan #maintenance

Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#american dream #asian #barriers #challenges #dream

Wherever we go, across the Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre'. Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else. ↗

— Miriam Beard

#astonish #atlantic #bizarre #else #go

Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#basic #brought #changes #coast #dialects

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us. ↗

— Louise Brown

#famous #favorites #hate #i #like

The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 completely crippled our Pacific Fleet. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#completely #crippled #fleet #harbor #our

We used two Princess Cruise ships. The Island Princess and The Pacific Princess. They were identical ships. ↗

— Gavin MacLeod

#identical #island #pacific #princess #ships