[Faline]

The figure in the photograph is clad in Army fatigues, boots and helmet, lying on his back in peaceful repose, folded hands holding a military cap. Except for a thin trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, he could be asleep.
But he is not asleep; he is dead, he was killed by a Japanese machine gun bullet on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945. And this is not just another fallen GI; it is Ernie Pyle, the most celebrated war correspondent of World War II.
As far as can be determined, the photograph has never been published. Sixty-three years after Pyle was killed by the Japanese, it has surfaced — surprising historians, reminding a forgetful world of a humble correspondent who artfully and ardently told the story of a war from the foxholes.

[carkees]

Not a very comfortable position to sleep in.

[Cancun78]

Looks mountable.

[souris]

[Airbornemama]

He really was An amazing corespondent,he showed,up close and personal the brutality of war, he wasn't afraid to get right in there, showing what our men had to endure! R.I.P. Ernie

[Faline]

Originally Posted by Softballmama13 ↗

He really was An amazing corespondent,he showed,up close and personal the brutality of war, he wasn't afraid to get right in there, showing what our men had to endure! R.I.P. Ernie

[jmruther1980]

I use to walk by the Ernie Pyle school of Journalism everyday!

[Lee]

[wolfie]

It has been published before along with a few other pics of his body. Ernie lived throughout the European campaign then went to the Pacific where he was killed. A sad ending for a great American journalist.

[collaredgirl65]