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| Ernie Pyle, war casualty |
Sorry I missed it
but the most famous war correspondent in World War II, Ernie Pyle, died 72
years ago yesterday.
It was February 18,
1945.
Pyle, who
interviewed the grunt soldier rather than the generals, was killed by Japanese
machinegun fire on the island of Ie Shima in the Pacific.
Pyle was born in Dana,
Indiana, and earned his Pulitzer Prize while dodging enemy fire. He was
imbedded before it became a national term.
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