Page 28 - catalog 2014
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THE PAMPLIN COLLECTION: WORLD WAR II
The jacket belonged to famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle, who
was killed by
machine gun
re on Okinawa
in April 1945. Pyle
had previously covered the war in Africa and Europe.
He was admired for his
own courageous coverage
of the infantry grunt, whose perseverance and fortitude, Pyle believed, were what won the war.
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