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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]
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 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 ...
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
Henry T. Waskow, alumnus, US Army captain memorialized in Ernie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow"; W. J. Adkins, the dean of Temple Junior College during the 1940s, became in 1947 the founding president of Laredo Community College in Laredo.
The Indiana University School of Social Work was founded in 1911 as the Department of Social Service, thus making it the oldest professional social work education program begun and still functioning as a part of a university. In July 2007, the Indiana University Division of Labor Studies merged with the School of Social Work. [162]
Consider placing the part "Ernie Pyle wrote of Captain Waskow" in the main body of the article, instead of in the lead; The sentence, "Waskow was born in DeWitt County, Texas, the seventh of eight children, by children of German immigrants" should be reworded.