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.
Philip Larkin

Born: August 9, 1922
Died: December 2, 1985 (aged 63)
Bio: Philip Arthur Larkin was an English poet, novelist and librarian.
Known for:
- High Windows
- The Whitsun Weddings (1964)
- The Less Deceived (1956)
- Collected Poems
- The North Ship (1945)
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