"This One Is Captain Waskow"
Newspaper article
By: Ernie Pyle
Date: January 10, 1944
Source: Pyle, Ernie. "This One Is Captain Waskow." Scripps-Howard wire service, January 10, 1944. Reprinted in Hynes, Samuel et al., eds. Reporting World War II: Part One, American Journalism, 1938–1944. New York: Library of America, 1995.
About the Author: Born in rural Indiana, Ernie Pyle (1900–1945) threw himself into newspaper reporting with such verve that he was writing for the Washington (D.C.) Daily News by the age of 23. By 1935 he wrote for a paper owned by the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain and found himself reporting for a nationwide audience. Once World War II (1939–1945) had erupted in Europe, Pyle was once again ready to thrust all of his energies into journalism. He provided some of the most memorable copy of the conflict and gained wide acclaim for his stories of common individuals...
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