Admiral Burke's memory of combat...

"Things that used to be important become completely unimportant. Good food was important. A glass of beer was important. What your shipmates thought of you was important. But what was written down on some piece of paper, or what somebody who was not fighting thought about how you were fighting—that was completely unimportant."

Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke

Time Magazine Article

One week after being named CNO

Monday, Jun. 06, 1955

AN ADMIRAL'S 31-KNOT CAREER