Decades Later, General George S. Patton’s Best US Army Line Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

Decades Later, Admiral Chester Nimitz Best US Navy Line Is Still the One of the Greatest Military Quotes in Armed Forces History

"Some of the best advice I've had comes from junior officers and enlisted men." Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded more than 2,000,000 men and women, 5,000 ships and 20,000 aircraft at the height of the Pacific war. Franklin Roosevelt had picked him over 28 flag officers who all outranked him — and Nimitz had begun his career being court-martialed for running his first ship aground.