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.
Douglas Sirk

Born: April 26, 1897
Died: January 14, 1987 (aged 89)
Bio: Douglas Sirk was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.
Known for:
- Imitation of Life (1959)
- All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- Written on the Wind (1956)
- Magnificent Obsession (1954)
- The Tarnished Angels (1958)