Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia* by Robert E. Lee:

"After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that would have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen.

By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You may take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell."

Robert Edward Lee (1807 -1870, under Amerikanska inbördeskriget general i sydstaternas armé, överbefälhavare 1865,tvingades till kapitulation 1865 vid Appomattox.Efter kriget verkade Lee för försoning mellan de nu förenade sydstaterna och nordstaterna. Lee har, näst George Washington och Dwight D. Eisenhower, ansetts vara USA:s främste general genom tiderna.Kuriosa: Traveller var namnet på general Lees häst, som han red kapitulationsdagen. Robert E. Lee fick en mycket känd bil uppkallad efter sitt namn, General Lee, vilket var en Dodge Charger.

The Battle of Okinawa (May 1945) has been referred to as the "Typhoon of Steel" in English, and tetsu no ame ("rain of steel")  in Japanese. The nicknames refer to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of kamikaze suicide attacks from the Japanese defenders, and to the sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. The battle resulted in the highest number of casualties in the Pacific during World War II. Japan lost over 100,000 troops killed or captured, and the Allies suffered more than 50,000 casualties of all kinds. Simultaneously, tens of thousands of local civilians were killed, wounded, or committed suicide.