The End
To signify final victory over the Japanese on Guadalcanal, General Alexander Patch, commander of the land forces on the island, signaled his superior, Admiral Bull Halsey, that the "Tokyo Express no longer has terminus on Guadalcanal."
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Famous quotes containing the words the end and/or the:
“The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was there when it began. This is a scandal. Such a scandal for the human race that it is indeed capable collectively, out of spite, of hastening the end of the world by all means just so it can enjoy the show.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
“The painter ... does not fit the paints to the world. He most certainly does not fit the world to himself. He fits himself to the paint. The self is the servant who bears the paintbox and its inherited contents.”
—Annie Dillard (b. 1945)