[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 648 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 648

Expressing support for the designation of August 3, 2018, as ``National 
                           Ernie Pyle Day''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 2017

  Mr. Banks of Indiana submitted the following resolution; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for the designation of August 3, 2018, as ``National 
                           Ernie Pyle Day''.

Whereas Ernest ``Ernie'' Pyle was born on August 3, 1900, in Dana, Indiana;
Whereas Pyle studied journalism at Indiana University Bloomington before 
        becoming a reporter for The Daily Herald in La Porte, Indiana;
Whereas Pyle eventually became a roving correspondent for Scripps-Howard 
        newspapers, writing a column carried in approximately 200 newspapers;
Whereas Pyle served as a war correspondent in Britain in 1940 and covered the 
        Battle of Britain;
Whereas, following the entry of the United States into World War II in December 
        1941, Pyle covered every major American campaign in the European 
        theater, including in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and France;
Whereas war reporting by Pyle during World War II consistently celebrated the 
        sacrifices, courage, and determination of the common soldier (commonly 
        known as a ``grunt'') of the United States;
Whereas Pyle lived and worked among the soldiers of the United States and shared 
        in the toils, endeavors, and challenges of those soldiers, including 
        facing enemy fire;
Whereas Pyle received the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 ``for distinguished war 
        correspondence during the year 1943''; and
Whereas Pyle, while traveling with soldiers of the United States that were 
        fighting on the Japanese island of Ie Shima during the Okinawa campaign, 
        was killed by Japanese machine gun fire on April 18, 1945: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``National Ernie Pyle 
        Day'';
            (2) recognizes contributions made by Ernie Pyle to 
        journalism in the United States; and
            (3) celebrates the legacy of Ernie Pyle as one of the most 
        respected and beloved war correspondents in the history of the 
        United States.
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