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I've only read Ernie Pyle in larger World War compilations with other authors. Reading an actual book by him (which is itself a compilation of articles) is where I got to finally see why the guy was such a beloved figure as well as a distinctive American writer. Pyle was the ultimate Every Man. He had a great eye for detail and he talked with everyone, but in particular it was enlisted man who he focused on. His formula was fairly simple. He would record their gripes and hopes, and then, quite o
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