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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS

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AROUND INDIANA.

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THIS WEEK MARKED THE 80TH

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ANNIVERSARY OF PEARL HARBOR AND

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THE UNITED STATES ENTRANCE INTO

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WORLD WAR II. AND IT'S NEARLY

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IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL THE STORY OF

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THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITHOUT THE

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WRITTEN WORDS OF HOOSIER NATIVE

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ERNEST TAYLOR PYLE.

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AROUND INDIANA REPORTER

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN JOINS US NOW

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WITH MORE. MARY-RACHEL?

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>> EVERYONE JUST CALLED HIM

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ERNIE. THE PULITZER PRIZE

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WINNING NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST FROM

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NOWHERE, INDIANA MADE A NAME FOR

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HIMSELF BY SIMPLY BEING

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UNAPOLOGETICALLY HOOSIER. THE

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VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN. THAT

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LED TO UNCOMMON SUCCESS.

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>> DECEMBER 7, 1941 A DATE WHICH

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WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.

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>> WORLD WAR II.

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COMBAT.

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AND DANA, INDIANA'S ERNIE PYLE,

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ARMED WITH ONLY A PEN, A PYLE

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COLUMN FELT LIKE A PERSONAL

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INVITATION FOR THE FRONT LINES

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FOR FOLKS BACK IN THE U.S.

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>> HE TOLD THE STORIES THAT THE

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SOLDIERS WERE NOT SENDING BACK

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OFTEN ENOUGH TO TELL THEIR

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FAMILIES ABOUT.

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HE WAS THE LETTER BACK HOME.

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>> TALKING HERE, I HOPE TO SEE

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YOU, AND SEE YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

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>> YOU CANNOT TELL THE STORY OF

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WORLD WAR II WITHOUT ERNIE PYLE.

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HE HAD A GIFT FOR DESCRIBING

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SCENES LIKE A VIDEO CAMERA IN

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HIS MIND RECORDED EVERYTHING.

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THEN HE PLAYED IT BACK AS HE

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WROTE.

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AND PEOPLE STILL TODAY SAY WHO

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IS OUR ERNIE PYLE?

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>> KYLE'S FADING IMAGE, A TINY

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ONE STOPLIGHT TOWN THAT HAS MORE

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ACRES OF FARM THAN PEOPLE.

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ERNIE'S PEOPLE, LIKE

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100-YEAR-OLD CLARA BELL ADAMS

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MISHLER.

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>> HE WAS KIND OF A ROUGH

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CHARACTER.

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HE WAS NOTHING LIKE HIS PARENTS,

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BECAUSE THEY WERE CHURCH-GOING

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PEOPLE.

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HIS FOLKS LIVED KIND OF ACROSS

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THE FIELD WAY BACK OVER THERE

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FROM ME.

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NOT TOO FAR.

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BUT I REMEMBER HIM COMING HOME,

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AND COMING UP TO DANA WITH HIS

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DAD

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>> AND DANA IS MAKING SURE ITS

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FAVORITE SON'S CONTRIBUTION TO

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HISTORY IS NEVER FORGOTTEN.

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>> NEVER HAVE I CROSSED A TRAIL

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OF ANY MAN AS BELOVED AS CAPTAIN

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HENRY T. WASCO.

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>> BRINGING IT TO LIFE THROUGH

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THE ERNIE PYLE WORLD WAR II

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MUSEUM.

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>> THE LAYOUT OF THE MUSEUM WAS

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BASED ON ERNIE PYLE'S COLUMN.

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>> IS EVERYTHING IN HERE REAL?

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>> EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY AS IT

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SHOULD BE FOR THE TIME, PLACE,

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AND PERIOD.

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>> EVEN THIS GUN.

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>> EVEN THE GUNS.

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MY SON AND I SHOT THAT

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OURSELVES, I HAD A GERMAN PISTOL

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>> WHAT A NAZI WOULD HAVE.

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>> YEAH.

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>> OH, GOSH.

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>> I MEAN HAD SOME SURPLUS

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GERMAN AMMUNITION.

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>> THIS IS THE BEACH HEAD ON THE

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DAY ERNIE PYLE WALKED ALONG THE

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BEACH THAT I MENTIONED TO YOU

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BEFORE, IT IS CALLED THE LONG

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LINE OF PERSONAL ANGUISH WHERE

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HE STROLLED ALONG THE BEACH AND

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LOOKED AT EVERYTHING LEFT BEHIND

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BY THE SOLDIERS WHO HAD PASSED.

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>> AND THIS IS NORMANDY.

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>> YES.

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THE HARDEST THING FOR US TO FIND

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WAS CIGARETTES, ON D-DAY BEFORE

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THE INVASION THEY GAVE EVERYBODY

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A CARTON OF CIGARETTES.

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ERNIE MENTIONED IN THE COLUMN

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THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PACKS OF

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CIGARETTES ON THE BEACH.

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SO WE HAD TO FIND THEM.

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AND IT WAS TOUGH TO FIND THE

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PROPER LUCKY STRIKES

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>> THAT'S AMAZING.

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>> THAT'S THE KIND OF DETAIL WE

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WERE LOOKING FOR.

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>> THE KIND OF DETAIL ERNIE

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WOULD APPRECIATE.

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>> PRESIDENT TRUMAN HIMSELF

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ANNOUNCED ERNIE PYLE'S DEATH ON

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THE RADIO.

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AND HE SAID NO MAN HAS SO WELL

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TOLD THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN

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GI AS THE AMERICAN GI WANTED IT

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TOLD.

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THE NATION OWES HIM A DEEP DEBT

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OF GRATITUDE.

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>> AND EVEN HOLLYWOOD LOVED

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ERNIE PYLE.

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>> OUT OF THE MEMORY OF OUR

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ANGUISH TO REASSEMBLE OUR BROKEN

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WORLD INTO A PATTERN SO FIRM AND

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SO FAIR THAT ANOTHER GREAT WAR

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CAN NEVER AGAIN BE POSSIBLE.

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>> AN AMAZING, AMAZING MAN.

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ERNIE PYLE HAD AN OBVIOUS IMPACT

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ON SO MANY VETERANS AND THEIR

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FAMILIES SINCE WORLD WAR II,

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INCLUDING MY OWN, IN FACT, I MAY

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NOT EVEN BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T

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FOR ERNIE PYLE.

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I FOUND OUT DURING THE STORY

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HE'S A DISTANT COUSIN OF MY

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MOM'S.

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JUST SO HAPPENS HE INTRODUCED MY