[texasbluebell]

If anyone reads the work of Ernie Pyle ... especially his dispatches from Normandy, 24 hours after D-Day, which were only like three columns out of God knows how many he wrote but IMHO are his masterpieces ... without getting emotionally affected, he doesn't have a pulse. Ernie Pyle was the greatest war correspondent in the history of the planet earth. Period.

The Wartime Columns of Ernie Pyle

The D-Day columns are included on this link, and I'm going to read them later today. Thanks for the tip.

[dighton]

Bump for Ernie Pyle post and link.

[GB]

As I said, he only wrote two or three columns on D-Day and he only got to Normandy after the fact, but IMHO those pieces show him at the absolute peak of his skills. The way he sets the scene on the beach there ... I can't help it, I end up with teary eyes every time I read them.