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Posted 09/03/2024 11:11 am
An excellent summary biography of Mr. Pyle is hosted at the The National WWII Museum website . Here's an excerpt:
The same website is excellently curated and provides in-depth looks at many of the people and events we've seen in this medal series and I recommend it to Military History enthusiasts.
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The following month, Allied forces landed in Normandy. Ernie had intended to go ashore several weeks after the landings, but felt he could not refuse an invitation to watch the landings from the bridge of General Omar Bradley's flagship, the cruiser Augusta. The next day, he observed the wreckage as he walked on Omaha Beach. "Submerged tanks and overturned boats and burned trucks and shell-shattered jeeps and sad little personal belongings were strewn all over those bitter sands," Ernie told his readers. "After it was over it seemed to me a pure miracle that we ever took the beach at all." Ernie stayed in France for two more months until he again reached his breaking point. The 43-year-old suffered from the stress of living near the front lines, but also from seeing so many young men killed and maimed.
The following month, Allied forces landed in Normandy. Ernie had intended to go ashore several weeks after the landings, but felt he could not refuse an invitation to watch the landings from the bridge of General Omar Bradley's flagship, the cruiser Augusta. The next day, he observed the wreckage as he walked on Omaha Beach. "Submerged tanks and overturned boats and burned trucks and shell-shattered jeeps and sad little personal belongings were strewn all over those bitter sands," Ernie told his readers. "After it was over it seemed to me a pure miracle that we ever took the beach at all." Ernie stayed in France for two more months until he again reached his breaking point. The 43-year-old suffered from the stress of living near the front lines, but also from seeing so many young men killed and maimed.
The same website is excellently curated and provides in-depth looks at many of the people and events we've seen in this medal series and I recommend it to Military History enthusiasts.
Edited by cptbilly
09/03/2024 11:16 am
09/03/2024 11:16 am
