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Captain Henry Thomas Waskow (September 24, 1918 – December 14, 1943) was a United States Army officer, with the rank of captain, memorialized in Ernie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow," which in turn was faithfully portrayed in the movie The Story of G.I. Joe.
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), starring Burgess Meredith as Pyle, is based on Pyle's reports from North Africa and Italy, including "The Death of Captain Waskow". [105] The film's producers donated a major portion of the proceeds toward scholarships at Indiana University. [106]
Waskow is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Waskow (born 1933), American author, political activist, and rabbi; Dieter Waskow (born 1957), German diver; Henry T. Waskow (1918–1943), American World War II captain; Thomas C. Waskow (born 1947), American Air Force officer
"The Death of Captain Waskow" reprinted at the Indiana University School of Journalism Photos of Ernie Pyle from Story of G.I. Joe 1944 by Ned Scott The Story of G.I. Joe essay by Daniel Eagan In America's Film Legacy, 2009-2010: A Viewer's Guide To The 50 Landmark Movies Added To The National Film Registry In 2009–10, Bloomsbury Publishing ...
The sentence, "Waskow was born in DeWitt County, Texas, the seventh of eight children, by children of German immigrants" should be reworded. Consider breaking the sentence, "He attended the public schools and graduated from Belton High School in 1935, as president of the student council, receiving top grades and showing a particular aptitude ...
Presidents of Indiana University Years as president 1: Andrew Wylie: 1829–1851 2: Alfred Ryors: 1852–1853 3: William Mitchel Daily: 1853–1859 4: John Hiram Lathrop
Fiebelkorn, a USAAF fighter ace who shot down nine aircraft during World War II and also fought in the Korean War, was listed as missing in action together with his radar operator Captain John J. Higgins on July 6, 1950, when they both failed to return to base while flying as part of a four-ship element sent to locate and strafe advancing enemy ...
The Department of English at Indiana University, Bloomington, 1868–1970 (1974) Gros Louis, Kenneth., "Herman B Wells and the Legacy of Leadership at Indiana University" Indiana Magazine of History (2007) 103#3 pp 290–301 online