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.
Bio: Joseph Ernest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher, historian, and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany.