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.
George Brecht
Born: August 27, 1926
Died: December 5, 2008 (aged 82)
Bio: George Brecht, born George Ellis MacDiarmid, was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil.
Known for:
- Chance-imagery (1966)
- Notebook VI: March 1961 - June 1961 (2005)
- Notebook VII: Juni 1961 - September 1962 (2005)
- Games at the Cedilla (1967)
- C for Brecht (2008)