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.
J. Patrick Lewis

Born: May 5, 1942 (age 83)
Bio: J. Patrick Lewis is an American poet and prose writer noted for his children's poems and other light verse. He worked as professor of economics before devoting himself full-time to writing in 1998.
Known for:
- Please bury me in the library (2005)
- Spot the Plot (2009)
- Take Two!: A Celebration of Twins (2012)