Letters from Iwo Jima quotes
40 total quotesLieutenant Fujita
Lieutenant Ito
Lieutenant Okubo
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Saigo
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[Referring to Kuribayashi] This one is trouble.
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[to his men, right before a suicide charge] A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls. [unsheathes his katana] I will always be in front of you.
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[to Nishi before he commits suicide] It has been a great honor to serve under you.
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[To Saigo when he fails to hit the target during target practice] My six year old son can shoot better! [Saigo shoots again and misses] Do you call yourself an Imperial soldier?
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[Waiting in vain for the American tanks to run over him] Where are you, American tanks? Come and get me!
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[When the Allied forces fire on him] Why are you always messing with me. It's got to be a joke! [An Allied shell lands right next to him, knocking him over. He sees the shell is a dud] Thank you, God! I take back what I said!
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A good officer uses his head, not his whip.
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Damn this island! The Americans can have it.
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Do what is right because it is right.
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Don't hide here like rats, come out of your caves and attack!
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Don't waste a bullet. Not one.
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Everything happens in threes.
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Here is the uniform of the American medic. He should be your target. For, Americans will risk many lives to save this one.
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I have failed to hold Suribachi. Permit me to die with my men!
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I won't go back, I've had enough of cave fighting. You men are now under command of Lieutenant Colonel Nishi. [Strapping explosive to himself] I'll throw myself under a tank, I'll destroy one of their machines!