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.
Thomas Bernhard

Born: February 9, 1931
Died: February 12, 1989 (aged 58)
Bio: Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet. Bernhard, whose body of work has been called "the most significant literary achievement since World War II," is widely considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era.
Known for:
- The Loser (1983)
- Woodcutters (1984)
- Old Masters (1985)
- Gargoyles (1967)
- Extinction (1986)