October 22, 2024 • 8 mins
Guest Host James Lott Jr talks about Ernie Pyle and his discovery of him and his work. erniepye.org
Ernie Pyle WWII Museum is 120 W. Briarwood Ave.
Dana, Indiana 47847
Phone: 765-665-3633
Ernie Pyle WWII Museum is 120 W. Briarwood Ave.
Dana, Indiana 47847
Phone: 765-665-3633
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Why Ernie Pyle. I never heard of that name in
my entire life. I am fifty five years old, and
it wasn't until my buddy doug Hess, who was the
creative producer and host of the show, brought that name
to my attention. Hi, this is the Ernie Pyle World
(00:23):
War Two Museum podcast here on jail J Media. I'm
your special guest host for this episode, the CEO, founder
and producer of jail J Media, James Lott Junior. I
was almost before talking about my journey and I actually
went to the museum and I thought, I come on
and just again talk to the folks out there who
(00:45):
normally wouldn't listen to this podcast if they didn't see
my name on us. So I'm talking to you, talking
to you, why Ernie Pile. Well, I have grown to
admire him as a journalist myself, but also as a
human being. And going to the World War Two Museum, sorry,
going to Earny Pile, a World War Chief museum in
(01:07):
Daily Indiana, I got even better sense of who he is.
Also type an Ernie Pile on YouTube. No, I mean
I seriously, I'm looking at right now as I'm talking
to you, and there is so much there. I mean
there are videos on him from fourteen years ago, eight
(01:28):
years ago, three years ago, two years ago, I mean
three thousand views, two thousand views, nine hundred views, five
thousand views, four thousand views, eight thousand views, I mean
thirty six thousand views. And there's an Earny Pile remembrance
Day to celebrate here too, his birthday. I mean there
(01:52):
were just twelve thousand. I'm gonna look at there's there's
so shorts, regular things, and you know, and I I
love it. And Jimmy's lecture talks about in his video
five years ago, he tiled it he loved people but
hated war, and it was Earny Pile. And that's what
I've learned about him, reading some books on him, seeing
(02:13):
what's going on, listen to the podcast he is. He
was somebody who I see why he's loved because he
was about the soldier. He kept the soldiers humanized for
those people who were not fighting. He was someone who
risked his life and limb to make sure he say
(02:35):
he could name some of the stuff addresses like he
was like talking about the people, because there's nothing worse
than having somebody off to war and you don't know
what's going on with them, and he made himself friendly
to the soldiers. The soldiers loved him, and you know,
nowadays I look about media and stuff and people, it
(02:56):
was like a huge divide here. He was one with
the soldiers. He was there seeing everything happen, and I
just admire that so much. I think that that's just
that's incredible, that ingratiate himself into the world of this
going through one of the greatest world wars we were
going through and documenting it, because it's a reminder that
(03:21):
behind war there are people, and there are people fighting
in these wars, and some most so, I'm sure most
of them would not would would not want to fight.
They have they're missing their families, missing their lives, missing
their jobs. War as hell as they say, right, And
as I've mentioned his name to sell people that I know,
(03:41):
oh yeah, I Arny Pile. I have friends who are
into World War two stuffal wardsone they know his name,
and it's it's just it's just one of those things
which I love doing on the show, or what we
love doing in this on this podcast, we love doing
on this podcast channel. We tried to be the conduit
between people who have done or are doing things. And
(04:03):
the world there's a huge world out there, and everybody's
in a little satellites and little pockets. Uh, and people
are doing things that are amazing. And the reason why
you don't know about it, I don't know about it
because your attention. So it's been just my journey for
the last six seven years and continuing. I want to
(04:26):
continue to bring you stories and people who did amazing
things and you can hear about them. Now I have
showed I was show literally called have you heard of Me?
That said literally is about that. It's picking out obscure
stuff that maybe you didn't hear about, forgot Hollywood saying
like We're here to talk about and talking. So I'm
(04:47):
here to talk about And that's and that's that's the
last of that sense talk about because like in my cultures,
you you speak of the ancestors, you speak everything, you tell, stories,
you storytell, you keep it going. That's what you do.
You keep it going, and that's how their spirit stays alive.
No one forgets it's it's it's wonderful. So's that's just
(05:11):
something that's just something that I believe in, how hardly,
and we could do that here in podcast form, and
sometimes you do it in a video form. Well it's
not actually doing a blog form, but it's here for
you see what's out there and who was out there,
who was doing things up there? And I I'm so
glad I saw say it again, I'm so glad. I
went to the museum and saw where he where he
(05:36):
was raised, and saw the room he slept in, and
you know, and where and where his parents cooked him.
Like he's seeing the big cast iron. Uh, you know,
pants are so heavy, like how did women do this?
And how to go outside and get water? But he's
all this other stuff in his little crib and then
the rug that his grandmother put together, and you know,
(05:56):
it's like it's it's I always I always imagine what
would it be like if I was brought back to
those time period. Well, my case probably be the greatest thing.
But I always wonder how folks they lived that way,
and that's just how they lived. They didn't know anything
and things and it's like us and this technology and
stuff started happening and it kept going and going into today.
(06:16):
But it was wonderful to see how they lived and
actually be in those rooms. You can almost feel the
spirits in the on the walls, and it's just it's
there's nothing like going in person and for me as
a as a as a person for who's not even
into war or you know, military stuff, to come from
(06:37):
Los Angeles, California, to go to Little Indiana and have
the best time, to have an experience of a lifetime
that I just would never I would never have. It
wasn't for someone bringing this name to my attention, and uh,
I'm waiting for that. I think you know, it's it's
another story for my storybook. It makes life, it makes
(06:59):
life interesting. It really does in a great way. But
we here at jail, JBD and myself James Junior, and
I know I can speak for dodcasts and we salute
Ernie Pyle for all its hard work and what he's done,
and we will continue to support his works and the
museum and this pod. Thanks sure, and thanks for making
this podcast more successful than I could have imagined. I
(07:25):
took it on. We decided when I brought to my attention,
I was like, shure, just do it. Be like heard,
he's doing great things. And I was like, We're just
gonna do it because because so everything else is happening
above and beyond that. The success we're having with it
is icing on the cake. I'm James Jr. Thanks for
supporting this podcast. If you're new now, if you're listening
(07:46):
to Going Interesting, check out the older episodes. We have
sixty one episodes before this one. Check them out. Hit
the fill up bucket, bucking, bucking Now, I'm talking the
country or something. The follow like whenever it's every place
is different, follow, like and follow and like, comment, tell
(08:07):
us what you think. And if you get a chance
to go to Western Indiana and your own that area,
go to the Ernie Pyle World War TI Museum and
say James sent you. And we started to say say James,
like Junior sent you, they'll be even more shocked. Thanks
for supporting us, and we'll talk to you next time
when Doug comes back to take over the next episode.
Why Ernie Pyle. I never heard of that name in
my entire life. I am fifty five years old, and
it wasn't until my buddy doug Hess, who was the
creative producer and host of the show, brought that name
to my attention. Hi, this is the Ernie Pyle World
(00:23):
War Two Museum podcast here on jail J Media. I'm
your special guest host for this episode, the CEO, founder
and producer of jail J Media, James Lott Junior. I
was almost before talking about my journey and I actually
went to the museum and I thought, I come on
and just again talk to the folks out there who
(00:45):
normally wouldn't listen to this podcast if they didn't see
my name on us. So I'm talking to you, talking
to you, why Ernie Pile. Well, I have grown to
admire him as a journalist myself, but also as a
human being. And going to the World War Two Museum, sorry,
going to Earny Pile, a World War Chief museum in
(01:07):
Daily Indiana, I got even better sense of who he is.
Also type an Ernie Pile on YouTube. No, I mean
I seriously, I'm looking at right now as I'm talking
to you, and there is so much there. I mean
there are videos on him from fourteen years ago, eight
(01:28):
years ago, three years ago, two years ago, I mean
three thousand views, two thousand views, nine hundred views, five
thousand views, four thousand views, eight thousand views, I mean
thirty six thousand views. And there's an Earny Pile remembrance
Day to celebrate here too, his birthday. I mean there
(01:52):
were just twelve thousand. I'm gonna look at there's there's
so shorts, regular things, and you know, and I I
love it. And Jimmy's lecture talks about in his video
five years ago, he tiled it he loved people but
hated war, and it was Earny Pile. And that's what
I've learned about him, reading some books on him, seeing
(02:13):
what's going on, listen to the podcast he is. He
was somebody who I see why he's loved because he
was about the soldier. He kept the soldiers humanized for
those people who were not fighting. He was someone who
risked his life and limb to make sure he say
(02:35):
he could name some of the stuff addresses like he
was like talking about the people, because there's nothing worse
than having somebody off to war and you don't know
what's going on with them, and he made himself friendly
to the soldiers. The soldiers loved him, and you know,
nowadays I look about media and stuff and people, it
(02:56):
was like a huge divide here. He was one with
the soldiers. He was there seeing everything happen, and I
just admire that so much. I think that that's just
that's incredible, that ingratiate himself into the world of this
going through one of the greatest world wars we were
going through and documenting it, because it's a reminder that
(03:21):
behind war there are people, and there are people fighting
in these wars, and some most so, I'm sure most
of them would not would would not want to fight.
They have they're missing their families, missing their lives, missing
their jobs. War as hell as they say, right, And
as I've mentioned his name to sell people that I know,
(03:41):
oh yeah, I Arny Pile. I have friends who are
into World War two stuffal wardsone they know his name,
and it's it's just it's just one of those things
which I love doing on the show, or what we
love doing in this on this podcast, we love doing
on this podcast channel. We tried to be the conduit
between people who have done or are doing things. And
(04:03):
the world there's a huge world out there, and everybody's
in a little satellites and little pockets. Uh, and people
are doing things that are amazing. And the reason why
you don't know about it, I don't know about it
because your attention. So it's been just my journey for
the last six seven years and continuing. I want to
(04:26):
continue to bring you stories and people who did amazing
things and you can hear about them. Now I have
showed I was show literally called have you heard of Me?
That said literally is about that. It's picking out obscure
stuff that maybe you didn't hear about, forgot Hollywood saying
like We're here to talk about and talking. So I'm
(04:47):
here to talk about And that's and that's that's the
last of that sense talk about because like in my cultures,
you you speak of the ancestors, you speak everything, you tell, stories,
you storytell, you keep it going. That's what you do.
You keep it going, and that's how their spirit stays alive.
No one forgets it's it's it's wonderful. So's that's just
(05:11):
something that's just something that I believe in, how hardly,
and we could do that here in podcast form, and
sometimes you do it in a video form. Well it's
not actually doing a blog form, but it's here for
you see what's out there and who was out there,
who was doing things up there? And I I'm so
glad I saw say it again, I'm so glad. I
went to the museum and saw where he where he
(05:36):
was raised, and saw the room he slept in, and
you know, and where and where his parents cooked him.
Like he's seeing the big cast iron. Uh, you know,
pants are so heavy, like how did women do this?
And how to go outside and get water? But he's
all this other stuff in his little crib and then
the rug that his grandmother put together, and you know,
(05:56):
it's like it's it's I always I always imagine what
would it be like if I was brought back to
those time period. Well, my case probably be the greatest thing.
But I always wonder how folks they lived that way,
and that's just how they lived. They didn't know anything
and things and it's like us and this technology and
stuff started happening and it kept going and going into today.
(06:16):
But it was wonderful to see how they lived and
actually be in those rooms. You can almost feel the
spirits in the on the walls, and it's just it's
there's nothing like going in person and for me as
a as a as a person for who's not even
into war or you know, military stuff, to come from
(06:37):
Los Angeles, California, to go to Little Indiana and have
the best time, to have an experience of a lifetime
that I just would never I would never have. It
wasn't for someone bringing this name to my attention, and uh,
I'm waiting for that. I think you know, it's it's
another story for my storybook. It makes life, it makes
(06:59):
life interesting. It really does in a great way. But
we here at jail, JBD and myself James Junior, and
I know I can speak for dodcasts and we salute
Ernie Pyle for all its hard work and what he's done,
and we will continue to support his works and the
museum and this pod. Thanks sure, and thanks for making
this podcast more successful than I could have imagined. I
(07:25):
took it on. We decided when I brought to my attention,
I was like, shure, just do it. Be like heard,
he's doing great things. And I was like, We're just
gonna do it because because so everything else is happening
above and beyond that. The success we're having with it
is icing on the cake. I'm James Jr. Thanks for
supporting this podcast. If you're new now, if you're listening
(07:46):
to Going Interesting, check out the older episodes. We have
sixty one episodes before this one. Check them out. Hit
the fill up bucket, bucking, bucking Now, I'm talking the
country or something. The follow like whenever it's every place
is different, follow, like and follow and like, comment, tell
(08:07):
us what you think. And if you get a chance
to go to Western Indiana and your own that area,
go to the Ernie Pyle World War TI Museum and
say James sent you. And we started to say say James,
like Junior sent you, they'll be even more shocked. Thanks
for supporting us, and we'll talk to you next time
when Doug comes back to take over the next episode.
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