Curtis LeMay

Curtis LeMay
Curtis Emerson LeMaywas a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in the 1968 presidential election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth15 November 1906
CityColumbus, OH
CountryUnited States of America
military war thinking
I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.
military age vietnam
We're going to bomb them back into the stone Age.
military guy mind
I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.
military air looks
If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.
military enemy use
If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.
age bomb
We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.
american-soldier bad chinese grows potential reason rule schools situation worse
That's the reason some schools of thinking don't rule out a destruction of the Chinese military potential before the situation grows worse than it is today. It's bad enough now.
aspects bother good immoral moral thinks war
Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.
american-soldier elbows might skinned
That was the era when we might have destroyed Russia completely and not even skinned our elbows doing it.
war korea years
We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, someway or another, and some in South Korea too.... Over a period of three years or so, we killed off - what - twenty percent of the population of Korea as direct casualties of war, or from starvation and exposure?
war criminals killing
Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.
peace war fighting
I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.
years chinese situation
Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too.
attitude war mean
I'd like to see a more aggressive attitude on the part of the United States. That doesn't mean launching an immediate preventive war...