Pyle, Ernie

Pyle, Ernie
orig. Ernest Taylor Pyle

born Aug. 3, 1900, near Dana, Ind., U.S.
died April 18, 1945, le Shima, Ryukyu Islands

U.S. journalist.

Pyle left Indiana University to become a reporter for a small-town newspaper. Later he acquired a roving assignment for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain; his experiences provided material for a column that appeared in as many as 200 newspapers before World War II. His reporting of the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944. He was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire during the Okinawa campaign. Compilations of his columns include Ernie Pyle in England (1941), Brave Men (1944), and Last Chapter (1946).

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▪ American journalist
byname of  Ernest Taylor Pyle 
born Aug. 3, 1900, near Dana, Ind., U.S.
died April 18, 1945, Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands
 American journalist who was one of the most famous war correspondents of World War II.

 Pyle studied journalism at Indiana University and left school to become a reporter for a small-town newspaper. Later, after various editorial jobs, he acquired a roving assignment for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain; his daily experiences furnished him material for a column that eventually appeared in as many as 200 newspapers before World War II. His coverage of the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France brought him a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944, as well as several other awards. The motion picture G.I. Joe (1945) was about Pyle's coverage of the Italian campaign. He was with the U.S. forces in the Pacific on Iwo Jima, and during the Okinawa campaign he visited the nearby island of Ie Shima, where he was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire. Compilations of his columns appeared in book form: Ernie Pyle in England (1941), Here Is Your War (1943), Brave Men (1944), and Last Chapter (1946).

Additional Reading
Lee Graham Miller, The Story of Ernie Pyle (1950, reissued 1970).

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