1945 – April 18 War
Correspondent Ernie Pyle Killed
I knew that Harold was
in Ie Shima, but I didn’t know until years later that he was only one fox hole
over from Ernie Pyle when he was killed. It was said that the jeep he was in
came under sniper fire and that they all jumped into fox holes to get away.
Ernie Pyle raised his head to ask if the man in the fox hole across from him
was okay. The sniper took his life with the next shot he fired.
There is a monument
that was erected by the unit he was covering at the time of his death. It says,
“On this spot the 77th Infantry Division lost a Buddy. Ernie Pyle,
18 April 1945”.
I wonder if the rose bushes are still growing in yard of the 'old 31-W house' we grow up in?
ReplyDeleteMaybe that would be a trip to someday take. There were so many changes to the landscaping at the house on Bardstown Road - there probably are more on old 31W.
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