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  • Ernie Pyle, The Soldier's Reporter

    03/27/2008 8:43:28 PM PDT · by posterchild · 13 replies · 515+ views
    Investor's Business Daily ^ | March 20, 2008 | Michael Mink
    To cover the soldiers of War War II, Ernie Pyle became one of them. He was the most acclaimed news correspondent of the war. Even at age 40 when the war started, Pyle (1900-45) lived among the men he covered and wrote home to their loved ones about. His column for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain ran six times a week and was read by millions. His work was so popular because he subjected himself to the same lifestyle and similar dangers as the U.S. soldiers — from North Africa to Italy, France and the Pacific. "I am no longer...
  • A Marine Writes Home [regarding the killing of the "innocent" terrorist]

    11/17/2004 3:30:32 PM PST · by snopercod · 128 replies · 4,176+ views
    powerlineblog.com ^ | November 17, 2004 | A Marine
    This is one story of many that people normally don't hear, and one that everyone does. This is one most don't hear: A young Marine and his cover man cautiously enter a room just recently filled with insurgents armed with Ak-47's and RPG's. There are three dead, another wailing in pain. The insurgent can be heard saying, "Mister, mister! Diktoor, diktoor(doctor)!" He is badly wounded, lying in a pool of his own blood. The Marine and his cover man slowly walk toward the injured man, scanning to make sure no enemies come from behind. In a split second, the pressure...