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Pyle Wrote Life Story in Blood With GI's He Loved, Says Closest Friend Who Encouraged His Career (open access)

Pyle Wrote Life Story in Blood With GI's He Loved, Says Closest Friend Who Encouraged His Career

Newspaper article about the death and legacy of Ernie Pyle, a war correspondent who was recently killed in the war. Included is a cartoon depicting a typewriter next to a helmet with initials "E.P." and a caption that reads "'Brave Man:' Bill Mauldin, the soldiers' favorite artist, has drawn a cartoon in memory of Ernie Pyle, the soldier's favorite correspondent."
Date: April 23, 1945
Creator: Miller, Lee
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bud Asthalter in Boat]

Photograph of a soldier rowing in a small boat with long poles attached. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Bud Asthalter in native outrigger at Mauban, Luzon."
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Godfrey Asthalter on Seawall]

Photograph of a soldier standing on a wall in front of the ocean. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Godfrey Asthalter on Sea wall at Mauban, Luzon."
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Road Through Quezon National Park]

Photograph of several Army vehicles belonging to the 44th Tank Battalion driving along roads through the Quezon National Park in the Philippines.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Sitting at Table]

Photograph of Asthalter, Kramer, and Schaeffer eating at a table near Pagsanjan in South Luzon during a D Company operation.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vehicles In Quezon National Park]

Photograph of several Army vehicles belonging to the 44th Tank Battalion taking a horseshoe turn in the Quezon National Park in the Philippines.
Date: April 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History