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.
James T. Farrell
Born: February 27, 1904
Died: August 22, 1979 (aged 75)
Bio: James Thomas Farrell was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet.
Known for:
- Young Lonigan (1932)
- Studs Lonigan (1932)
- Chicago Stories
- My Days of Anger (1943)
- A World I Never Made (1936)