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.
Heinrich Böll
Born: December 21, 1917
Died: July 16, 1985 (aged 67)
Bio: Heinrich Theodor Böll was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.
Known for:
- The Clown (1963)
- Group Portrait with Lady (1971)
- Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959)
- The Train Was on Time (1949)
- The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1974)