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Born: August 3, 1900 - Near Dana, Indiana
Died: April 18, 1945 - Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands
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 ur men can't make this change from normal civilians into warriors and remain the same people . . . the abnormal world they have been plunged into, the new philosophies they have had to assume or perish inwardly, the horrors and delights . . . they are bound to be different people from those you sent away. They are rougher than when you knew them. Killing is a rough business. . .
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Teaching Topics in Social Studies
The first years of Pyle's columns were centered on his travels throughout the U.S. They related
the stories of ordinary CITIZENS coping with the DEPRESSION.
With the advent of WORLD WAR II, Pyle's focus changed. The REALITIES OF WAR and ITS EFFECTS on the average AMERICAN SOLDIER were compellingly portrayed in his articles.
Teaching Topics in Language Arts
Pyle evoked a FOLKSY and UNPRETENTIOUS STYLE in
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relating the EXPERIENCES of AMERICANS.
His columns contained both PATHOS and HUMOR. During World World II, Pyle's masterful use of IMAGERY and method of writing as if CORRESPONDING with a friend provided readers with a FOXHOLE VIEW of the daily lives of their sons, husbands and fathers.
| Facts About Ernie Pyle and Here is Your War, 1943 |
- Ernie Pyle was born on August 3, 1900 near Dana, Indiana. His full name was Ernest Taylor Pyle
- Early on, Pyle wrote six columns a week, 1000 words each, for 24 newspapers nationwide
- In 1945, Ernie Pyle won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting of the war in North Africa, Italy, France and Sicily
- On Pyle's suggestion, Congress passed a bill, nicknamed "The Ernie Pyle Bill" granting soldiers more pay for combat service. Pyle had personally seen the hardships of war which American soldiers were experiencing
- After covering the war in the Atlantic theatre for several years and narrowly escaping death on at least three occasions, Pyle was transferred to the Pacific for his last assignment. Shortly after his arrival, he was killed by sniper fire
- At his death , Pyle's columns were being published in over 400 weekly newspapers and 300 dailies
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