Curtis Lemay quotes

Curtis LeMay, an American air force general, was known for his crucial role during World War II and the Cold War era. With a distinguished military career spanning over 30 years, LeMay's strategic expertise and innovative leadership helped shape tactical air power. As the commander of the Strategic Air Command, he strategized and executed daring bombing campaigns, including the devastating firebombing raids on Japanese cities. LeMay's commitment to technological advancements and his vision for a modernized air force led to the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile system. Explore more about Curtis LeMay's contributions to the evolution of aerial warfare and his lasting legacy in military strategy.

That was the era when we might have destroyed Russia completely and not even skinned our elbows doing it.

- Curtis Lemay

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.

- Curtis Lemay

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.

- Curtis Lemay

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.

- Curtis Lemay

We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.

- Curtis Lemay

I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the world throw up their hands in horror when you mention nuclear weapons, just because of the propaganda that's been fed to them.

- Curtis Lemay