In time of war, would we be content like the turtle to withdraw into our own shell and see an enemy supersede us in every outlying part, usurp our commerce, and destroy our influence as a nation throughout the world?
—FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913
Proud of the navy “N” on his sweater—even if he missed a button putting it on—William F. Halsey, Jr., commanded the destroyer Shaw (DD-68) off Ireland in the summer of 1918. (F. E. Sellman photo, courtesy of Gary Fabian).