Old Photo-Ernie Pyle's roadster

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dale L Myers on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:06 am:



This photo is on ebay now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ernie-Pyle-Journalist-Famous-WWII-Correspondent-Press-Photo-/390604095870?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5af1d1817e

From Wikipedia "In 1926, Pyle tired of working at a desk and quit his job. He and his wife headed out on the road to see America in a Ford roadster. The Pyles traveled more than 9,000 miles before Ernie returned to his job with the Daily News."

I just finished reading "Ernie's War" which is the best book about war I have ever read.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:18 am:

Here's a photo of his son's Gomer and Goober. :-)

:-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Heyen - Nebraska on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:31 am:

Dale,

Thanks for posting. As I recall (not always accurate) wasn't he killed in the Pacific theatre, after the war in Europe ended, and he worked a switch to continue covering the war? I think he was revered by the average GI because he lived in the trenches and accurately reported their plight during the war.

Thanks again for posting, as we approach Veteran's Day,

Rob


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:45 am:

Yes Rob. After the end of the war in Europe, he went to cover the island hopping campaign in the Pacific where he was killed. While covering Pacific theater, he longed for the GIs in the European campaign, which he had a special affinity for (and they for him). By contrast, he hated everything about the Pacific theater as it was a wholly different type of war than what he became used to in Europe. Jim Patrick

PS. I agree with Dale and highly recommend everyone read "Ernie's War". It's one of those books you will not be able to put down.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Perigo - Linton, IN on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:47 am:

Ernie Pyle's home was in the small town of Dana, IN just north of Terre Haute near me. His birthplace is open to the public.

Mike


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Schultz_Sheboygan,WI on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:03 pm:

Dana and the Ernie Pyle museum is one of the points of interest on the Covered Bridge Tour that just completed at the begining of the month.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Darel J. Leipold on Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 04:54 pm:

Ernie Pyle is buried in Honolulu. I have been at his grave site. His wife is buried in a cemetery in Afton MN. His wife's family inherited (Johnson) his estate. I have been by her grave site many times as my wife's parents are buried near by. My wife knew his wife's relatives in Afton.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ivan Warrington on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 09:46 pm:

Ernie was killed on Okinawa on the small island of Ieshima.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Woods, Katy, Texas on Saturday, October 26, 2013 - 10:38 pm:

I didn't know that Gomer was Ernie's son! SHAZAM!


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