[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 345--DESIGNATING AUGUST 3, 2018, AS ``NATIONAL ERNIE 
                               PYLE DAY''

  Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Donnelly) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 345

       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 Senate--
       (1) designates August 3, 2018, as ``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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