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.
Kiese Laymon

Born: August 15, 1974 (age 50)
Bio: Kiese Laymon is an American writer, editor and a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi.