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.
Charles Marion Russell
Born: March 19, 1864
Died: October 24, 1926 (aged 62)
Bio: Charles Marion Russell, also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an artist of the Old American West.
Known for:
- In Without Knocking
- Loops and Swift Horses Are Surer than Lead
- In the Enemy's Country (1926)
- The Buffalo Hunt [No. 39] (1919)
- The Medicine Man (1908)