General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 - 1980. ERNIE PYLE"S GRAVE ON EI SHIMA, 7/28/1945.

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General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities, ca. 1947 - 1980. ERNIE PYLE"S GRAVE ON EI SHIMA, 7/28/1945.

1945

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1) MS CU MR. HOWARD of Scripps-Howard newspapers, ADM PRICE, COL JOSEPH B. COLLIGE and party arriving at dock.2) MS Three aformentioned men visiting and putting the wreaths on Ernie Pyle"s grave at Ie Shima, Okinawa.3) CU MR HOWARD.4) CU Monument erected to Ernie Pyle inscription: "At This Post the 77th Inf. Div. lost a Buddy, Ernie PYle, 18th April, 1945".5) CU ADM PRICE and MR HOWARD aboard PT boat (SV).6) CU ASST. SEC NAV and party arriving by plane and greeted by ADM PRICE at Yonton Airport, Okinawa.7) MS R5D with Asst. Secretary of the Navy"s party underneath wing.8) CU Asst. Secretary of the Navy FORRESTAL in jeep.QUALITY: GOOD

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