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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.
C. P. Snow

Born: October 15, 1905
Died: July 1, 1980 (aged 74)
Bio: Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow was an English physical chemist and novelist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government.
Known for:
- The Two Cultures (1959)
- Time of Hope (1949)
- The New Men (1954)
- Corridors of Power (1964)
- The Light and the Dark (1947)
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