I am most intrigued and must ask - who is the great Ernie Pyle? What do his "writings" consist of? Please enlighten an ignorant Kiwi! Patricia Taylor.

At 07:46 AM 8/31/00 +1200, paddy taylor wrote: >I am most intrigued and must ask - who is the great Ernie Pyle? What do >his "writings" consist of? Please enlighten an ignorant Kiwi! >Patricia Taylor. Lord have mercy on us and bless our devoted young Pyle researchers. My Netscape browser came up with 3,479 web sites for "Ernie Pyle" Here's a very brief biography Ernest Taylor Pyle 1900-1945 Journalist; born near Dana, Ind. Leaving college to become a reporter for the La Porte (Ind.) Herald, he held various other jobs, including that of managing editor of the Washington (D.C.) News. In the late 1930s he devoted himself to reporting, especially as a correspondent in Latin America. During World War II he accompanied Allied forces in the invasions of North Africa, Italy, and Normandy, and reported from the front lines with personal stories of soldiers and their lives. His reports, collected in Here Is Your War (1943) and Brave Men (1944), won great popularity and earned him a Pulitzer Prize. Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire during the U.S. landing on Okinawa and became a national hero. Harry Liggett in Akron, OH [email protected] Old (70) and tired retired (Mar 1965) newspaper reporter and editor ---also a descendant of William Pyles and Mary Louisa Shipley of Washington County, PA