Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 -. General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981. Photograph of Ernie Pyle and 1st Marine Division Resting on Okinawa, 4/8/1945.

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Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 -. General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981. Photograph of Ernie Pyle and 1st Marine Division Resting on Okinawa, 4/8/1945.

1945

Original Caption: "Columnist Ernie Pyle and some members of the 1st Marine Division rest by the road side on Okinawa." Photograph By: Barnett

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SNAC Resource ID: 11643478

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Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945

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Ernest "Ernie" Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize—winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for the columns he wrote as a roving human-interest reporter from 1935 through 1941 for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate that earned him wide acclaim for his simple accounts of ordinary people across North America. When the United States entered World W...