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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.
Vimala Thakar

Born: April 15, 1921
Died: March 11, 2009 (aged 87)
Bio: Vimala Thakar was an Indian social activist and spiritual teacher. Born into a middle-class Brahmin family living at Akola city in Maharashtra state in India, she was interested in spiritual matters from an early age.
Known for:
- Blossoms of Friendship (2003)
- Glimpses of raja yoga (1991)
- Totality in Essence (1971)
- Insights into the Bhagavad Gita
- The Eloquence of Living (1989)