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- NAME: Ernie Pyle
- OCCUPATION: Journalist
- BIRTH DATE: August 03, 1900
- DEATH DATE: April 18, 1945
- EDUCATION: Indiana University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Dana, Indiana
- PLACE OF DEATH: Ie Shima, Japan
- Full Name: Ernest Taylor Pyle
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American journalist Ernie Pyle was one of the most famous war correspondents of World War II. He won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944.
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After various editorial jobs, Ernie Pyle acquired a roving assignment for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain; his daily experiences furnished him material for a column that eventually appeared in as many as 200 newspapers before World War II. His coverage of the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France brought him a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 1944, as well as several other awards.
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