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.
Waldemar Kaempffert
Born: September 27, 1877
Died: November 27, 1956 (aged 79)
Bio: Waldemar Kaempffert was a US science writer and museum director.
Known for:
- The new art of flying (1911)
- Science Today and Tomorrow (1939)
- Big Book of Science Fiction (1950)