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Body BuriedAt HonoluluFamous GI War Correspondent Is Interred Beside two Unknown Soldiers.HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 19— (UP) — War Correspondent Ernie Pyle, killed by Japanese machine■ m-’i i ip....... j-sfun fire on lej'Shima In 1945, j wiU be buried■j» •| today alongside| two unknown sci-ilsgfOdiers in a newf^jarmy cemetery. The services[Features Syndicate and Scripps-1 Howard newspa-JErnie Pyle p e r columnistwill he simple.Three soldiers who died in World War II will he buried at the same lime. They are: Pvt. Francis A. Riese of Massillon, O.; Lc. William A. Sylvester oi Bakersfield, Cal.r and Pvt. Bruce A. Mitchell of Seattle, Wash.Among the honorary pall bearers for Pyle will he four wartime correspondents in the. Pacific — Dan. McGuire and Joe James Custer, formerly of the United Press; Web-ley Edwards, formerly of-the Columbia Broadcasting system; and Lief Erickson- of the Associated Press.Pyles father, William, will be represented by Edwin Heinke, assistant managing editor of the Indianapolis Times who will place a wreath on the grave. Heinke also will place a wreath in behalf of the Cripps-Hcnvard newspaper chain and act as an honorary pallbearer.The new cemetery in the shadow of Diamond Head will be the resting place for 12,000 heroes of World War II.
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Logansport Pharos Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 19, 1949
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