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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.
Steve Tesich
Born: September 29, 1942
Died: July 1, 1996 (aged 53)
Bio: Stojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian American screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the movie Breaking Away.
Known for:
- Karoo: A Novel
- On the Open Road (1992)
- Karoo
- Square One (1990)
- The Speed of Darkness (1991)