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Ernie Pyle birthplace in Dana, Indiana. Ernest "Ernie" Taylor Pyle was born on August 3, 1900, on the Sam Elder farm near Dana, Indiana, in rural Vermillion County, Indiana. His parents were Maria (Taylor) and William Clyde Pyle. [2] [3] At the time of Pyle's birth his father was a tenant farmer on the Elder property. [4]
Possum Bottom Covered Bridge, also known as the Jackson's Ford Bridge and Hillsdale Bridge, is a historic Burr Arch Truss covered bridge located in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was built in 1876, and is a single span covered timber bridge. It measures 131 feet (40 m) long and 14 feet (4.3 m) wide.
Famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle was born on a tenant farm near Dana. Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his Correspondence entry. [12] Bert Shepard, a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Washington Senators who had lost his leg in WWII, was also born in Dana. American author Dana Trent moved to Dana as an infant. [13]
Ernie Pyle Marjorie Blewett sets a carnation on a statue of Ernie Pyle during the Ernie Pyle Memorial in 2015 outside Franklin Hall. Blewett worked at the Journalism School for 25 years.
Pyle and his wife, Jerry, had this house built in 1940 after years of roving the country as a columnist for Scripps-Howard Newspapers. Pyle was born in Indiana, but chose Albuquerque for a home after visiting many times and developing, in Pyle's words, "a deep, unreasoning affection" for New Mexico.
The story is a tribute to the American infantryman (G.I. Joe) during World War II, told through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Ernie Pyle, with dialogue and narration lifted from Pyle's columns. The film concentrates on one company (C Company, 18th Infantry) that Pyle accompanies into combat in Tunisia and Italy.
Indiana State Fairgrounds - Purdue Extension Building, 1202 E. 38th St. ... IPS Ernie Pyle School #90, 3351 W. 18th St. IPS Frederick Douglass Super School #19, 2020 Dawson St.
Ernie Pyle World War II Museum: Dana: Vermillion: Central: Biographical: website, home of reporter Ernie Pyle, formerly the Ernie Pyle State Historic Site Eskenazi Museum of Art: Bloomington: Monroe: South: Art: Located on the IU Bloomington campus, features collection of ancient jewelry and paintings by Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock ...