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.
Jacopo Sannazaro
Born: July 28, 1458
Died: April 24, 1530 (aged 71)
Bio: Jacopo Sannazaro was an Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples.
Known for:
- Arcadia (1504)
- The Major Latin Poems of Jacopo Sannazaro