Soldier rest, Gently pressed,
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.
I remember reading this in one of Ernie Pyle's books. Thanks for posting it.
I read that story a long while ago. Mr. Pyle did a fine job of carrying to sorrow and the valor back home. When I read of his death at least 50 years after that story was written, I was sorry, too. Thanks to your grandparents for producing such a fine young man. I'll remember him as well when the flag is run up tommorow.
Thank you very much for posting this moving tribute.
Soldier rest, Gently pressed,
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.
Thank ya for posting this.
redrock
You come from good stock.
Perhaps you can tell us more about your uncle.
This story was made into a movie. Robert Mitchum was Captain Waskow. I can't recall the name of the guy who played Pyle. [It was the same man who played Jack Lemmon's dad in "Grumpy Old Men.) It was a very good movie.
That movie is on right now. Burgess Meredith is playing Ernie Pyle. The movie is "The Story of G. I. Joe." The captain in the movie is named Walker. But the the part of the movie concerning the delivery of his body and others to the roadside on a mule fits is Pyle's story exactly.
