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.
Karle Wilson Baker
Born: October 13, 1878
Died: November 8, 1960 (aged 82)
Bio: Karle Wilson Baker was an American poet and author, born in Little Rock, Ark. to Kate Florence Montgomery Wilson and William Thomas Murphey Wilson.
Known for:
- The Birds of Tanglewood (1930)
- The Garden of the Plynck (1920)
- Dreamers on Horseback: (collected Verse) (1931)
- Texas Flag Primer (1925)
- Burning Bush (1922)