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.
Geoffrey Moorhouse

Born: November 29, 1931
Died: November 26, 2009 (aged 77)
Bio: Geoffrey Moorhouse, D.Litt was an English journalist and author. He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather's surname. He attended Bury Grammar School. He began writing as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News.
Known for:
- The fearful void (1974)
- Sun dancing (1997)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace (2002)
- Calcutta (1971)
- Hell's Foundations (1992)