Letters from Iwo Jima quotes
40 total quotesLieutenant Fujita
Lieutenant Ito
Lieutenant Okubo
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Saigo
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I'm tired of sharing this cave with all of you, I'm a one-man show from now on.
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If you want my honest opinion, General, the best thing to do would be to sink this island to the bottom of the sea.
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It was your duty to hold your position until death, you should have died with your fellow troop members. You are a disgrace.
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It's inevitable that people will die.
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Kuribayashi belongs behind a desk, not fighting a war.
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The cave digging may be futile. The stand on Iwo may be futile. The whole war may be futile. But would you give up then? If our children can live safely for one more day, it'll be worth one more day that we defend this island!
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The Fleet of Americans have left from Saipan.
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There is no use for a dead soldier.
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This is ridiculous, why waste time digging all these tunnels? They are all going to die anyway!
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We will take back Suribachi, with or without Kuribayashi.