Posted on Aug 3, 2016
Armed with Only a Pen: The Heroism of Ernie Pyle
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I read Brave Men by Ernie Pyle when I was about 10 year old which inspired me even more to become a soldier and helped spark a lifetime interested in history especially military history.
Thanks for mentioning and honoring Ernest Taylor Pyle on his birthday by sharing a video of his life, times and impact SGT John " Mac " McConnell
The death of Captain Waskow in late 1943 was poignant.
Here are images of his books which I have owned fro decades and a picture of his dead body from April 18, 1945.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
Thanks for mentioning and honoring Ernest Taylor Pyle on his birthday by sharing a video of his life, times and impact SGT John " Mac " McConnell
The death of Captain Waskow in late 1943 was poignant.
Here are images of his books which I have owned fro decades and a picture of his dead body from April 18, 1945.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell, my father was in the Navy in the Pacific during WWII. He actually visited the Ernie Pyle Memorial on the island of Ie Shima (Iejima) northwest of Okinawa Island, shortly after it was erected. The inscription on the memorial reads simply: "AT THIS SPOT THE 77th INFANTRY DIVISION LOST A BUDDY ERNIE PYLE 18 APRIL 1945." Photo was taken between 7AUG45 and 16AUG45 and my father, Ensign Jack Curlee, is pictured on the right. LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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LTC Stephen F.
Thanks for sharing my friend LTC Stephen C. a picture of your dad in front of the Ernie Pyle Memorial on the island of Ie Shima.
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