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Pyle Wrote Life Story in Blood With GI's He Loved, Says Closest Friend Who Encouraged His Career

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Newspaper article about the death and legacy of Ernie Pyle, a war correspondent who was recently killed in the war. Included is a cartoon depicting a typewriter next to a helmet with initials "E.P." and a caption that reads "'Brave Man:' Bill Mauldin, the soldiers' favorite artist, has drawn a cartoon in memory of Ernie Pyle, the soldier's favorite correspondent."

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Miller, Lee April 23, 1945.

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Newspaper article about the death and legacy of Ernie Pyle, a war correspondent who was recently killed in the war. Included is a cartoon depicting a typewriter next to a helmet with initials "E.P." and a caption that reads "'Brave Man:' Bill Mauldin, the soldiers' favorite artist, has drawn a cartoon in memory of Ernie Pyle, the soldier's favorite correspondent."

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[1] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

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These photos depict the life of the 12th Armored Division during WWII. Funded by grants from the Community Foundation of Abilene and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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Miller, Lee. Pyle Wrote Life Story in Blood With GI's He Loved, Says Closest Friend Who Encouraged His Career, article, April 23, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth616807/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum.

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