,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#cj1 #bjag ,mr4 ,young 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,donnelly7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,designating ,august #c1  
#bjah1 as ,national ,ernie ,pyle ,day4  
,whereas ,ernest ,ernie ,pyle was born  
on ,august #c1 #aijj1 in ,dana1         
,indiana2 ,whereas ,pyle studied        
journalism at ,indiana ,university      
,bloomington before becoming a reporter 
for ,the ,daily ,herald in ,la ,porte1  
,indiana2 ,whereas ,pyle eventually     
became a roving correspondent for       
,scripps-,howard newspapers1 writing a  
column carried in approximately #bjj    
newspapers2 ,whereas ,pyle served as a  
war correspondent in ,britain in #aidj  
and covered the ,battle of ,britain2    
,whereas1 following the entry of the    
,united ,states into ,world ,war ,,ii in
 ,december #aida1 ,pyle covered every   

major ,american campaign in the         
,european theater1 including in ,north  
,africa1 ,sicily1 ,italy1 and ,france2  
,whereas war reporting by ,pyle during  
,world ,war ,,ii consistently celebrated
 the sacrifices1 courage1 and           
determination of the common soldier     
7commonly known as a grunt7 of the      
,united ,states2 ,whereas ,pyle lived   
and worked among the soldiers of the    
,united ,states and shared in the toils1
 endeavors1 and challenges of those     
soldiers1 including facing enemy fire2  
,whereas ,pyle received the ,pulitzer   
,prize in #aidd for distinguished war   
correspondence during the year #aidc2   
and ,whereas ,pyle1 while traveling with
 soldiers of the ,united ,states that   
were fighting on the ,japanese island of
 ,ie ,shima during the ,okinawa         
campaign1 was killed by ,japanese       
machine gun fire on ,april #ah1 #aide3  
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate-- 7#a7 designates ,august #c1   
#bjah1 as ,national ,ernie ,pyle ,day2  

7#b7 recognizes contributions made by   
,ernie ,pyle to journalism in the       
,united ,states2 and  7#c7 celebrates   
the legacy of ,ernie ,pyle as one of the
 most respected and beloved war         
correspondents in the history of the    
,united ,states4