Re: [GZG] On Leave In Hell

On 11/27/06, Ken Hall <khall39@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ernie Pyle was killed on Okinawa. It's been a long while since I read
the
> account, but I believe he was helping carry a wounded soldier or
Marine on a
> stretcher when he was hit himself.

Every account I could find said he was killed during a regular patrol
on Ie Shima, a small island off the west coast of Okinawa. He was
killed by a sniper's machine gun. None of the accounts mentioning him
as a stretcher bearer.

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