 Many people have been astonished that Japan should, in a single day, have gunned into war against the United States. What kind of a people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget? Every day in Blue Diamond is full of passion, and one day you get what some people get in a lifetime. If there ever was a time for there to be Marines, or for the nation to need their Marines, it's now. They expect more from us, because we tell them they should expect more. We tell them that we exhibit the virtues of honor, courage and commitment, and we really have to think about living to this image. Everything that we do as individuals and as units, because the American people expect us to.