...on a predetermined shore area. He told the assembled naval and civilian audience, "Never in history has the Navy landed an army at the planned time and...place. If you land us anywhere within fifty miles of the target and within one week of D-Day, I'll go ahead and win." His statement was probably the first...

...Air, just as no airman is competent to operate the Army. BERNARD MONTGOMERY, 1943 Never in history has the Navy landed an army at the planned time and place. GENERAL GEORGE PATTON, November 1942 Why should we have a navy at all? There are no enemies for it...

...conference with Admiral Hewitt prior to the invasion of North Africa, Patton stated: "Never in history has the Navy landed an army at the planned time and...Fedhala and within one week of D-day, I'll go ahead and win."51 Patton was engaging in hyperbole, but his basic tenet for night operations was correct. Few...

...He was not optimistic about the ability of the US Navy to get his men to Morocco. "Never in history has the Navy landed an army at the planned time and place," Patton told them, but, "If you land us anywhere within fifty miles of Fedhala and within one week of...