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.
Theodore Zeldin

Born: August 22, 1933 (age 91)
Bio: Theodore Zeldin is an Oxford scholar and thinker whose books have searched for answers to three questions.
Known for:
- An intimate history of humanity (1994)
- The Hidden Pleasures of Life (2015)
- Conversation (1998)
- France, 1848-1945 (1974)
- French (1982)