http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/wartime-columns/buck-eversole-one-of-the-great-men-of-the-war/ To his readers, Ernie Pyle was a master of telling the story of the little guy, of describing the fears and daily strife of soldiers fighting in World War II. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:54:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/wartime-columns/buck-eversole-one-of-the-great-men-of-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Bill Barber (Former Platoon Sgt (T/sgt) with the 25th Infantry Division on Luzon in WW II) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/wartime-columns/buck-eversole-one-of-the-great-men-of-the-war/#comment-38 Ernie was the best-read, most beloved correspondent in the Pacific, even though most of his writings were about the European Theater....that was because an infantryman is an infantryman regardless of the theater of war. He understood what we went through as riflemen under near-impossible conditions. He actually shared many of them and earned our deepest and most sincere respect. His Capt. Waskow column is a classic...I felt a real sense of loss when he was killed on Ie Shima...I was in the Caraballo Mountains on Luzon and his death made me feel almost like a relative of mine had died... His own life story with his ill wife had many sad situations. He didn't really want to go to the Pacific but only did so because he felt he HAD to....I hope he's never forgotten...I know he won't be by any WW II combat soldier! I loved the guy and the way he wore his beat-up old GI wool-knit hat! Ernie was the best-read, most beloved correspondent in the Pacific, even though most of his writings were about the European Theater….that was because an infantryman is an infantryman regardless of the theater of war. He understood what we went through as riflemen under near-impossible conditions. He actually shared many of them and earned our deepest and most sincere respect. His Capt. Waskow column is a classic…I felt a real sense of loss when he was killed on Ie Shima…I was in the Caraballo Mountains on Luzon and his death made me feel almost like a relative of mine had died… His own life story with his ill wife had many sad situations. He didn’t really want to go to the Pacific but only did so because he felt he HAD to….I hope he’s never forgotten…I know he won’t be by any WW II combat soldier! I loved the guy and the way he wore his beat-up old GI wool-knit hat!

]]> http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/wartime-columns/buck-eversole-one-of-the-great-men-of-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-37 John Diegelman, 36th Divison, 143rd reg.B company. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:35:45 +0000 http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/wartime-columns/buck-eversole-one-of-the-great-men-of-the-war/#comment-37 As an old dog face who walked with Ernie in Italy and France, I will always stand and salute the kind of Journalism that really tells it like it is. There is another who has my respect and that it St Louis's Bill Mauldin, he drew as Ernie wrote. As an old dog face who walked with Ernie in Italy and France, I will always stand and salute the kind of Journalism that really tells it like it is. There is another who has my respect and that it St Louis’s Bill Mauldin, he drew as Ernie wrote.

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