Visit Your Local PBS Station PBS Home PBS Home Programs A-Z TV Schedules Watch Video Support PBS Shop PBS Search PBS
About the seriesResourcesVeterans History ProjectFor educatorsPurchase The WarContact us
At HomeAt WarThe WitnessesSearch & Explore
Media GalleryThemes & TopicsFavorites
Search Results
divider
New Search
Keyword: Go
5 records found for “Ernie Pyle”
Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle
Ernest Taylor Pyle, best known as "Ernie," covered the Second World War for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain. Pyle was born to farmers in Dana, Indiana on August 3, 1900. He joined the US Navy in 1918 hoping to see action in World War One, but the . . .
Ernie Pyle grabs a bite
Ernie Pyle grabs a bite
Ernie Pyle at Anzio, Italy. March 18, 1944
Source: National Archives (111-SC-191703)
Ernie Pyle at work
Ernie Pyle at work
Ernie Pyle at his typewriter, Anzio, Italy, March 18, 1944.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-191705)
Ernie Pyle: Sharing a smoke
Ernie Pyle: Sharing a smoke
A favorite of the GIs, journalist Ernie Pyle offers a cigarette to an infantryman. He later would be killed by a sniper's bullet.
Source: National Archives (127-N-116840)
Samples from the columns of war correspondent Ernie Pyle
Samples from the columns of war correspondent Ernie Pyle
Samples from the columns of journalist Ernie Pyle
Source: National Archives