Quote of the day
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans serving on Iwo island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
Alison Lurie

Born: September 3, 1926
Died: December 3, 2020 (aged 94)
Bio: Alison Lurie was an American novelist and academic. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1984 novel Foreign Affairs.
Known for:
- Foreign Affairs (1984)
- The War Between the Tates (1974)
- The language of clothes (1981)
- Don't Tell the Grown-Ups (1990)
- The nowhere city (1965)