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Brave Men Ernie Pyle

• Ernie Pyle was probably the most famous American war correspondent of World War Two. He was beloved by GIs because he made a point of being with the infantry and writing his stories from their perspective. A transportation and assignment snafu prevented Pyle from going ashore with the troops on D-Day, but he would later do so at Ie Shima off Okinawa, where he would be killed in action.
• Pyle went ashore at Omaha Beach. Even with him arriving a day later, how close did the battle appear to have been?
• What finally turned the tide at Omaha?
• Walking along the Normandy beach, what in particular struck Pyle? Although he does mention the human cost of the battle, do his observations tell you anything about the American way of war?