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IN SCR0045
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
- Honors Ernie Pyle on the 70th anniversary of his death on April 18, 2015, recognizing him as one of history's greatest war correspondents
- Pyle was born August 3, 1900, in Dana, Indiana and killed on April 18, 1945, on le Shima in the Pacific Theater during World War II by Japanese machine-gun fire
- Pyle's journalism career included positions at The Indiana Daily Student, The Washington News (managing editor 1932-1935), and war reporting from Africa, England, Italy, and the Pacific that reached 14 million American households
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit a copy of the resolution to The Ernie Pyle World War II Museum in Dana, Indiana
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the life and work of Ernie Pyle on the 70th anniversary of his death
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