Ernie Pyle

Pyle, Ernie (Ernest Taylor Pyle; 1900–45), U.S. journalist and war correspondent. He accompanied U.S. troops to all the major fronts in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and his popular news column won a Pulitzer Prize in 1944. He was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire during the Okinawa campaign.

See also: World War II.