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.
Doris Grumbach

Born: July 12, 1918
Died: November 4, 2022 (aged 104)
Bio: Doris Isaac Grumbach was an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist.
Known for:
- Fifty Days of Solitude (1994)
- Coming into the End Zone: A Memoir (1991)
- Life in a Day (1996)
- Chamber Music (1979)
- The magician's girl (1987)