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

1945

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Original Caption: "Ernie Pyle, celebrated war correspondent recently visited Leather necks of the 3rd Marine Division, somewhere in the Pacific. Mr. Pyle is shown here talking to Division Commander, Major General Graves B. Erskine. It is Ernie's first trip into the Pacific. Previously he wrote about G.I. Joe from the European Theatre of Operations. Reading left to right are: Major General Graves B. Erskine, commanding general of the 3rd Marine Division; Lt. Comdr. Max Miller, Navy Public Relations Officer, author of "I Cover the Waterfront"; Col. Robert E. Hogaboom, Chief of Staff, 3rd Marine Division; Ernie Pyle; Pfc. James R. Jerele, 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 Dobermann 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...