Re: [GZG] On Leave In Hell

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http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lI am relatively
unsurprised to learn that my memory is garbled--it was a juvenile book,
and over 30 years ago. ;-) I remembered Ie Shima as soon as Alan
mentioned it. The rest of it--in this particular book (title and author
lost in the shifting sands, alas), Pyle is quoted as saying something
like, "Sorry, pal--I caught one." Perhaps the author of that particular
book was embellishing, or I merely misremember the context.
   
  Best regards,
  Ken 

Allan Goodall <agoodall@hyperbear.com> wrote:
  On 11/27/06, Ken Hall 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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Allan Goodall http://www.hyperbear.com
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