Saigo: We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: Everything happens in threes.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: I am determined to serve and give my life for my country.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: A day will come when they will weep and pray for your souls.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: The United States is the last country in the world that Japan should fight.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi: If our children can live safely for one more day it would be worth the one more day that we defend this island.
Shimizu: I don't know anything about the enemy. I thought all Americans were cowards. I was taught they were savages.
Lt. Colonel Oiso: We will make a run for Motoyama. There is no cover for 2 kilometers, it will be every man for himself. See you on the other side, if not on this earth, then in the next world.
