Ernie Pyle Summary

Ernie Pyle (1900-1945) was America's most beloved and famous war correspondent during World War II. His sympathetic accounts of the ordinary GI made him the champion of American fighting men.Born in a... Read more

In the following essay, Streeter praises Pyle's "deeply human portrait of the American soldier in action." Ernie Pyle has drawn a graphic and absorbing picture of the fighting ... Read more

In the following essay, Mauldin, a fellow journalist during World War II, offers praise for Pyle's last book, Last Chapter. It is standard operating procedure to find someone who knew Ernie ... Read more

In the following essay, Bertelsen discusses the literary and cinematic influences of Pyle's "The Death of Captain Waskow, " and parallels similarities between Pyle's piece ... Read more

In the following essay, originally published in 1944, the writer argues that Pyle's success at capturing the often mundane realities of war sprang from his own averageness. From Hollywood: I... Read more

In the following essay, Sulzberger reviews Brave Men, suggesting that Pyle's main contribution to wartime journalism was "a more concrete recognition of GI Joe's services."... Read more

In the following essay, Hovey attempts, through a review of Brave Men, to explain why Pyle was the most popular war correspondent in America during World War II. Like Franklin Roosevelt and the Bro... Read more

In the following essay, originally published in 1945, Jarrell praises Pyle's ability to evoke in his writing the experience of war. He wrote like none of the rest. The official, pressagent, ... Read more