US Army

Ernie Pyle

Albuquerque Museum N.M.

The great Ernie Pyle. U.S. War Correspondent who gave us the true story of the U.S. G.I. He died from a sniper's bullet on Okinawa, shortly before the end of WWII. “I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can't be won without.” — Ernie Pyle, “The God-Damned Infantry,” 1943 texag57