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.
Georges Cuvier
Born: August 23, 1769
Died: May 13, 1832 (aged 62)
Bio: Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of paleontology".
Known for:
- Le Règne Animal (1817)
- Essay on the theory of the earth