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.
Franklin Knight Lane
Born: July 15, 1864
Died: May 18, 1921 (aged 56)
Bio: Franklin Knight Lane was a political progressive and American Democratic politician from California who served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913 to 1920.
Known for:
- Conservation through engineering (1920)
- Address