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.
Horace McCoy

Born: April 14, 1897
Died: December 15, 1955 (aged 58)
Bio: Horace McCoy was an American writer whose hardboiled novels took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, which was made into a movie of the same name in 1969, fourteen years after McCoy's death.
Known for:
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1935)
- I Should Have Stayed at Home (1938)
- No Pockets in a Shroud (1937)
- Horace McCoy's Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. (1948)