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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.
Henri Matisse
Born: December 31, 1869
Died: November 3, 1954 (aged 84)
Bio: Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter.
Known for:
- Dance (1910)
- Le bonheur de vivre (1906)
- Portrait of Madame Matisse (Green Stripe) (1905)
- The Snail (1953)
- The Dessert: Harmony in Red (1908)
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