Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0394549236 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. The columnist was killed by a Japanese sniper on a Pacific island as the war neared its end. Nichols has edited the work selectively, with comments linking events and a sketch of Pyle's rather unhappy personal life. . A Pyle column on the death in Italy of an infantry captain much revered by his men inspired a motion picture, The Story of GI Joe. From Publishers Weekly In World War II, correspondent Ernie Pyle won worldwide acclaim for syndicated columns he wrote almost daily with simplicity and an eye for emotional detail while sharing in the life of front-line soldiers he once described as "destined merely by chance to suffer and die for the rest of us." Compiled here are columns from battle zones in North Africa, Italy, England, France and Okinawa, telling how American foot-slogging GIs and those of other military branches endured cold, filth, exhaustion, fe
For all readers, especially those whose only of World War II may be from textbooks or films, Ernie's War offers a revealing, poignant look at the actual experiences of the average foot soldier swept into the tumult of battle. 9 black-and-white photographs.
This is great, crisp writing Steven J Fruth This is great, crisp writing. Tells the human side of the horror of war - see Death of Capt. Waskow.. A Customer said A Must Read for anyone interested in the Dog Face!. I have yet to find a better book on the experiences of the average "dog face" in WWII. From North Africa to Sicily to Italy to France; Ernie was there and covered it better than anyone.. WW 2 History As It Happened I'm not a typical reader of WW2 history, I suppose, but that didn't keep me from devouring these dispatches from the front, written by reporter Ernie Pyle. A legendary reporter (whom I hadn't heard of) wrote from the perspective of a civilian observer. He marched, ate, lived with the men of the infantry, air force pilots, and at sea, and learned to endure some of