Admiral E.J. King was the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations during WWII, overseeing global operations that included the Battle of the Atlantic and the island-hopping campaign in the Pacific. Keeping these far-flung operations supplied with food, fuel, ammunition, building supplies, and other materials was one of the greatest logistical achievements in history, so it is not surprising that Admiral King is famous for a statement he made about logistics. What is surprising is the statement itself. Leaving a meeting with the U.S. Army chief of staff, Admiral King turned to an aide and said, “I don’t know what the hell this ‘logistics’ is … but I want some of it.”