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Ernie Pyle Dies in Action Foxhole Reporter Remembered
Veteran war correspondent Ernest Pyle known as the foxhole reporter was killed in front line action aboard Okinawa. President Truman and Secretary Forrestal issued statements praising his humane dispatches that brought home the daily realities of GIs. Pyle, born August 3, 1900, reported from England to the Pacific and slept in foxholes with soldiers, earning increased combat pay for troops he covered. He was 45.
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