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.
Mark Van Doren
Born: June 13, 1894
Died: December 10, 1972 (aged 78)
Known for:
- The Poetry of John Dryden
- Shakespeare
- The last days of Lincoln
- Henry David Thoreau (1972)
- Essays of Mark Van Doren