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.
William Julius Wilson

Born: December 20, 1935 (age 89)
Bio: William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1972 to 1996 before moving to Harvard University.
Known for:
- The Truly Disadvantaged (1987)
- The declining significance of race (1978)
- There Goes the Neighborhood (2006)