“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.”
Quote by Ernie Pyle
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Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches
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. more
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Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle was an American journalist renowned for his war correspondence. Born on August 3, 1900, and killed on April 18, 1945, Pyle's work focused on the everyday experiences of soldiers during World War II, earning him widespread acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize. more
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“It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire.”
Source: Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches
Source: Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches
Source: Ernie's war: the best of Ernie Pyle's World War II dispatches
“America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.”
“One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.”
“We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.”
“It is the lot of man but once to die.”
Source: Emblems, divine and moral; The school of the heart [really by C. Harvey] and Hieroglyphies of the life of man