Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle was born in Dana, Indiana. He was born on August 3, 1900. His education began in the small town of Dana, but continued when he attended Indiana University Bloomington (“Home – Ernie Pyle World War II Museum.”).
After college, Pyle began his journalism career in 1935 when he landed a job at Scripps-Howard Newspaper chain. Pyle started his overseas work after the United States entered World War II in 1945 after the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. When describing D-Day, Pyle wrote, “It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn’t know they were in the water, for they were dead.” Later that year, Pyle was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his outstanding work (“Journalist Ernie Pyle Killed.”).
Ernie Pyle’s career and life came to an abrupt end when he was struck by the bullet of a machine gun on the Japanese Island of le Shima. His legacy continues to live on as his childhood house was restored and became the headquarters of Friends of Ernie Pyle which was later renamed to Ernie Pyle World War II Museum (“Home – Ernie Pyle World War II Museum.”).
By: SJL
After college, Pyle began his journalism career in 1935 when he landed a job at Scripps-Howard Newspaper chain. Pyle started his overseas work after the United States entered World War II in 1945 after the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. When describing D-Day, Pyle wrote, “It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but they didn’t know they were in the water, for they were dead.” Later that year, Pyle was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his outstanding work (“Journalist Ernie Pyle Killed.”).
Ernie Pyle’s career and life came to an abrupt end when he was struck by the bullet of a machine gun on the Japanese Island of le Shima. His legacy continues to live on as his childhood house was restored and became the headquarters of Friends of Ernie Pyle which was later renamed to Ernie Pyle World War II Museum (“Home – Ernie Pyle World War II Museum.”).
By: SJL
Peggy Deuell
The first woman considered to be the first female war correspondent, Peggy Goodnough, was born in Bennington Kansas in 1889. Peggy began her career young with her first job as a typesetter at the age of 16. Peggy later worked at the El Paso Harold and the El Paso Times. Her career continued when she began war reporting after the outbreak of World War I. After being reported for her lack of proper paperwork, she was soon granted paperwork and became an official war correspondent. The war was soon over and Peggy moved to China where she continued her work as a journalist (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
In her personal life, Peggy went through two divorces until she finally married Harvey Deuell who lived with Peggy until his death, leaving her a widow (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
Peggy’s career continued in war journalism after she received permission to cover the war towards the end of the war in 1943. During this time, she was employed by the North American Newspaper Alliance and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Because of her gender, Peggy was not allowed to work in certain places. Other than writing human interest stories about the war itself, Peggy also wrote about the difficulties of working in war journalism as a woman. She once wrote, “I am a woman and as a woman am not permitted to experience the hazards of real war reporting.” (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
Peggy retired from her career in 1953. In June of 1967, she died of breast cancer (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
By: SJL
In her personal life, Peggy went through two divorces until she finally married Harvey Deuell who lived with Peggy until his death, leaving her a widow (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
Peggy’s career continued in war journalism after she received permission to cover the war towards the end of the war in 1943. During this time, she was employed by the North American Newspaper Alliance and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Because of her gender, Peggy was not allowed to work in certain places. Other than writing human interest stories about the war itself, Peggy also wrote about the difficulties of working in war journalism as a woman. She once wrote, “I am a woman and as a woman am not permitted to experience the hazards of real war reporting.” (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
Peggy retired from her career in 1953. In June of 1967, she died of breast cancer (Simkin, “Peggy Deuell”).
By: SJL