Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 -. General Photograph File of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1927 - 1981. Photograph of Ernie Pyle in Guam, 1/22/1945.

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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 in Guam, 1/22/1945.

1945

Original Caption: "Ernie Pyle, famed war correspondent and the G.I.'s favorite, is now in the Pacific after an assignment in the European Theatre. He recently visited the Marines of the 3rd Marine Division, somewhere in the Pacific. Mr. Pyle is pictured above with (left to right) Pfc. James R. Jerele, military policeman of the 3rd Marine Division; Pfc. John R. Brunner, a military policeman of the 3rd Marine Division; Pvt. Louie E. White a member of the War Dog Platoon, 3rd Marine Division and his dog, a Doberman Pincher, named "Jeep"." Photographer: TSgt. Mundell

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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...