[CDHart]

Thanks for the posting. I had never read Ernie Pyle's columns before. He was a poet.

Carolyn

[MNJohnnie]

In this column I want to tell you what the opening of the second front in this one sector entailed, so that you can know and appreciate and forever be humbly grateful to those both dead and alive who did it for you.

Rest in peace Erine Pyle. Well done.

[Hegemony Cricket]

"He was a poet."

Yes he was. Proud to say he was a Hoosier, too. All in all, a great American...

[FreedomPoster]

If you haven’t read Brave Men, go order it right now.

[FreedomPoster]

Oh, and further, Michael Yon is our generation’s Ernie Pyle. I’ve been saying that for a while, so I figure I should give Yon some recognition in an Ernie Pyle thread.

[pepsionice]

What makes Ernie’s comments throughout the war outstanding today...against the poor journalism that we get day in and day out...is that he wrote everything like a letter to his parents. There was a description of how things were going...a guy’s feelings...his fears...what accomplishments a guy had done by age 19. I’ve probably read around thirty of his columns....and they all seem like a regular guy just trying to describe a very special moment in his life....and he did this every single day. We need more Ernies today.

[gigster]

I know I am pretty much preaching to the choir, here, but if you can, obtain a copy of “Brave Men”, by Ernie Pyle.
Very powerful.

I have a first edition copy that was rescued by my father from ignominously being thrown out by a local branch of our Detroit Public Library.