Ernie Pyle

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school Pyle loved to write. During high school he
was reporter, then editor, then editor in chief for his high
school newspaper. When he graduated high school, he too was
caught up in the �patriotic fever� of the nation upon America�s
entry into WWI (Whitman 2). He enlisted in the Naval Reserve
but before he could finish his training an armistice was
declared in Europe. After that he attended the University of
Indiana to study journalism, but left before he graduated.
Ernie Pyle persued his love for writing, and became a cub
reporter for �LaPorte Herald.� For months later he was offered
a $2.50-per-week raise to work for the �Washington Daily News.�
He wrote the countries first daily aviation column for four
years before becoming the papers managing editor. Pyle was a
reporter, copy editor, and aviation editor until 1932, when he
accepted a job for the �Scripps-Howard� newspaper chain. Pyle
loved to travel and persuaded Scripps-Howard executives to
allow him to be a ...

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