John W. Vessey, Jr.

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

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Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

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Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

#caught #forces #get #history #small

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. ↗

— John W. Vessey, Jr.

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