The Death Of Ernie Pyle

A photo of legendary World War II reporter Ernie Pyle shortly after he was killed by a Japanese machine gun. Like most people I didn't even know this picture existed.

This photo provided by Richard Strasser, perhaps never before published, shows famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle shortly after he was killed by a Japanese machine gun bullet on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945. Pyle, 44, had just arrived in the Pacific after four years of writing his popular column from European battlefronts. The Army photographer who crawled forward under fire to make this picture later said it was withheld by military officials.

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