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.
John Andrew Rice

Born: 1888
Died: November 16, 1968 (aged 80)
Bio: John Andrew Rice, Jr. was the founder and first rector of Black Mountain College near Asheville, North Carolina.