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

em2nought · 06-06-19, 04:11 PM

Thanks for posting this!

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HW3 · 06-07-19, 12:03 AM

Steve, Ernie wrote 4 books during the war, Ernie Pyle In England (1941), Here Is Your War (1943), Brave Men(1944), and Last Chapter(1949). He was known for going out with the front line troops and getting the average joe's thoughts.

Jimbuna · 06-07-19, 04:57 AM

WOW! just WOW!

That brings back a few memories of some of the stories my late father told me when I was a kid. He was at Juno (Courseulles-sur-Mer) with the Canadians and believe me, some of his experiences were quite shocking.

Thanks for sharing.

Commander Wallace · 06-07-19, 06:01 AM

Awesome article Quatro. I will be rereading this a few more times. Thanks everyone else for listing the other books by HW3 and everyone else.

Thanks for posting this article.

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

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for posting this! https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/s...837185/photo/1 __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,576 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Steve, Ernie wrote 4 books during the war, Ernie Pyle In England (1941), Here Is Your War (1943), Brave Men(1944), and Last Chapter(1949). He was known for going out with the front line troops and getting the average joe's thoughts. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,615 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	WOW! just WOW! That brings back a few memories of some of the stories my late father told me when I was a kid. He was at Juno (Courseulles-sur-Mer) with the Canadians and believe me, some of his experiences were quite shocking. Thanks for sharing. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,212 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.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 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.

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Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,304 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Awesome article Quatro. I will be rereading this a few more times. Thanks everyone else for listing the other books by HW3 and everyone else. Thanks for posting this article.