Ernie Pyle

For the few that might stop by to check in I want to introduce to you a great man. For those of you who already know Ernie Pyle, well, I just learned of him and am simply blown away by his storytelling style, which is on the nose truth, inspiring, simple and masterful. All I can say is read the little bit below and then go to the Indiana University School of Journalism web site. 

If you like to read about WWII then you will love this guys writing.

The introduction quotation below is from the Indiana University School of Journalism web site.

"For many journalists, Ernest Taylor Pyle, an Indiana native better known as "Ernie," continues to be an icon of excellence decades after his death at the hands of a Japanese machine-gunner in World War II. For the last ten years of his life he wrote feature columns six times a week, primarily for Scripps-Howard newspapers. As his fame increased during the war, other newspapers, including weekly ones, published Pyle’s work.

In 1944 Ernie Pyle won a Pulitzer Prize for his stories about the ordinary soldiers fighting in World War II.

On these pages you will find a selection of his wartime columns in both written and spoken versions. We welcome your comments about the site and stories you might have to tell about meeting Pyle or reading Pyle’s columns"

Go To: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/wartime-columns/