D-day views by Ernie Pyle, a 43-year-old journalist from rural Indiana,

Mr Quatro · 06-07-19, 12:23 PM

I liked this part from the article ...

Quote:

In May 1944, Pyle was notified that he had been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his dispatches.

On D-Day, as the invasion force fought for the beach, Pyle was trapped just offshore, on a ship transporting tanks. He had

boarded with a kit bag heavy with liquor bottles,

some good-luck talismans and a Remington portable typewriter.

Being a civilian Pyle was allowed to drink and probably had to after witnessing Normandy.

August · 06-07-19, 03:53 PM

I have one of his books. "Brave Men". It's a very good read.

Platapus · 06-07-19, 04:58 PM

The whole logistics of the D-day operation is amazing. I still can't get my head around all that had to take place to support the landing and the operations after the landing. It was a massive operation

August · 06-07-19, 09:52 PM

Yep, even more amazing is that they did it while also conducting similarly sized operations half a world away against the Japanese, not to mention continuing a grinding advance up the Italian peninsula.

06-07-19, 03:53 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,216 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I have one of his books. "Brave Men". It's a very good read. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-07-19, 04:58 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,380 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The whole logistics of the D-day operation is amazing. I still can't get my head around all that had to take place to support the landing and the operations after the landing. It was a massive operation __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-07-19, 09:52 PM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,216 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep, even more amazing is that they did it while also conducting similarly sized operations half a world away against the Japanese, not to mention continuing a grinding advance up the Italian peninsula. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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