Ernie Pyle
Ernest Taylor Pyle
American
American journalist, war correspondent, notable for his reporting during World War II. - AsNotedIn
American journalist, war correspondent, notable for his reporting during World War II. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| Significant name | Ernie Pyle House | Albuquerque | |||||
| 1945/02/00 | War correspondent Ernie Pyle covers carrier operations from aboard the USS Cabot (CVL-28) (scrapped 2002). His articles will be included in 'The Last Chapter by Ernie Pyle' published by Henry Holt and Co in 1945. "An aircraft carrier is a noble thing." EP | Work | |||||
| 1945/04/18 | The 77th Infantry Division loses a buddy - Journalist Ernie Pyle is killed during the Battle of Okinawa on Iejima (then known as Ie Shima), a small island northwest of Okinawa. | Died | Iejima | Okinawa | Battle of Okinawa | ||
| 1949/07/19 | First services at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific are performed for an unknown serviceman, two Marines, an Army lieutenant and war correspondent Ernie Pyle. | In Memoriam | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific | Honolulu |
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