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: Eugene Linden is an American author of several non-fiction books on science, technology, the environment, and humanity's relationship with Nature. He was educated at Yale University. He lives in Nyack, New York.
