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Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches

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This book collects selected dispatches by the renowned journalist Ernie Pyle, offering a firsthand account of the struggles and triumphs of American soldiers during World War II.

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This book collects selected dispatches by the renowned journalist Ernie Pyle, offering a firsthand account of the struggles and triumphs of American soldiers during World War II.

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“Swinging first and swinging to kill is all that matters now.”

Firsts Matter Literature

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“Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows - the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece.”

Literature Dark Building Grew Shadow Bridges Masterpiece Lighters Thames

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“In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory - there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else.”

Eye Literature Simple Forever Expression Victory Despair Hatred Excitement

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“It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire.”

Night Literature Fire London

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“Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.”

Knows Enough Literature Gun Officers Right Time Sensational Artillery

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“The front-line soldier wants it to be got over by the physical process of his destroying enough Germans to end it. He is truly at war. The rest of us, no matter how hard we work, are not.”

Want War Ends Matter Hard Enough Literature Process Lines Fronts Soldier Destroying

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“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.”

War Ends Guy Boys Wind Comfort Rain Mud Frost Underdog Infantry

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“Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges.”

World Want Looks Night Certain Dark London Peaceful Bridges Odd Someday Silver Curves Balconies Thames

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“I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them.”

Ifs Fighting House Lines Gone Fronts Ready Return Spring Troops Old Friends

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“But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me.”

Writing Firsts War Fighting Literature Left Behinds Blood Military Battle Killing Soldier Profession Phases Left Behind

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“I've been immersed in it too long. My spirit is wobbly and my mind is confused. The hurt has become too great.”

Mind Long War Spirit Peace Hurt Confused Hurt Feelings Great War

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“About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over. The motors seemed to grind rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation like a bee buzzing in blind fury.”

Two Would Be Literature Minutes Blind Angry Wave Planes Bees Fury Motor Grind

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“The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.”

Littles Enough Bigs Break Fire Grew Died Flames Closest Valor Break Out Fireman

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