Episode 69- Other War Correspondents Like Ernie Pyle

CEO of JLJ media guest hosts, James Lott Jr and talks about collegues of Ernie Pyle! 

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
This is episode sixty nine, almost seventy episodes of the
Ernie Pile World War Two Museum Podcast. I'm James lot Junior.
You're a guest host CEO of JILJ Media of this podcast.
Doncast will be back next month with new episodes. I've
taken over this month, this one, and the next one
episode seventy seventy episodes of the show. I can't believe

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it a show that's only twice a month, sometimes three,
but mostly twice a month. I want to thank you
all for your listening and making it a hit for us.
I mean literally making it a hit for us. We're
entering worlds I never thought of being here. I'm from
Los Angeles. Wasn't into war. We're not saying into war
block into war history. Now I am. And I've been there.

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I've been there any Pile Museum. I love it in Indiana.
So yes, love it. So we always want we always
talk about Ernie Pile, and he is our focus. But
wander also name some other notable folks who were correspond
to World War Two who were just kind of similar Dan,
there's only Waterery Pile, but say they were similar in
terms of providing first hand human focus to counsel the war.

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And I thought, that's that's shot us for those colleagues too,
because they're they're important. They were out there too while
he was doing his what's about them? So I would
name some people and give you the called facts. And
you may know these people's names, or he may not.
So one is Richard Tregagis treit excuse me Tregaskis. He's

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known for the Gualalcanal Diary of first Count of the
US Marines, brutal battle in the PACIFICA like pile. He
wrote in a personal, immersive style, focusing on soldiers experiences.
Another guy was Edward R. Murrow. Many older fans know
that name. Legendary or a radio World correspondent. He got

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famous from his London during the Blitz broadcast. He had
one of those I heard, I've seen his I've seen
the video of him. He had one of those deep,
calm voices. Mm hmm. That's what he did. He had
a good voice. We actually as an award out in
his name that weren't re award Martha Gellhorn as our
female in the list, and she was one of the

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few female work cor responsors in World War Two coming
the war for Callier's Weekly. She's snuck into a hospital
ship on D Day. Okay, that's I don't know how
you're gonna do that to report on the landings, showing
great courage and determination. Robert Kappa a photo journalist, not
a traditional writer, but his images of D Day and

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the war captured raw moments. Of course, very similar to
Pyle's words, right, we think about that way. His philosophy
wasn't I quote, if your pictures aren't good enough, you're
not close enough. Unquote, that's scary in a way. That's scary.
I'm like, wow, I can do that now. We got
a guy who's a cartoon a war cartoonist whose characters

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Willie and Joe depicted the gritty and glamorous life of
interest the infantry soldiers. His name was Bill Maudlin. He's
a big of the name right there. He was a
traditional correspondent, but his work was very influential, like pile storytelling,
that's what we're naming him. Quentin Reynolds another war correspondent
for Collier's Weekly. He's known for his dramatic and engaging storytelling.

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He covered North Africa. The blitz in the Eastern Front homework.
Big Art covered the war for the New York Herald Tribune.
He was over in Italy and the Pacific. Take care
of that. He was known very much for his ground
level reporting, library pile. We know this thing. The most
trusted man in news at one point Walter Cronkite future

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CBS News and anchor. But during World War Two he's
the press correspondent for United Press. He covered D Day,
the Battle of Bulgs, boning missions over Europe. I just
did a show side note, you're curious. It's called Jeep
Show and Robert O'Connor wrote this and it's about the
Battle of the Bulge and it's a really good story.

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It's a fiction story based on someone for real and
my show. In between the pages of James Lott Junior,
where you find this show, you can find it there too,
in between the pages of James Lott Jr. Here I
talk about that. It's really good. I'm I'm telling you,
I'm devouring war history stuff now, especially when it comes
to entertainment, because it's an entertainment. War story entertainment. The

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jeep shows or you know writing they meaning this, this
is we had, they had to bring the war home
for people to see what was going on. These people
risk their lives. I just yeah, mister Andy Rooney. I
always think of I'm so, I'm I'm blah blah blah
blah blah blah and Andy Rooney on this edition of

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sixty minutes. And I always said that every year until
he died, And now you know, saying the pastor like
ninety nine. He died on sixteen minutes, but I didn't.
He wrote for Stars and Strikes, Coming to War from
a solder's perspective. He helped write war documentaries and was
embedded with troops I pile was, I didn't know, go
to Andy Rooney. And the last one I'm going to

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talk about is briefly is Drew Middleton. New York Times
journalists got it covering North Africa, Europe and later post
war Germany, which was very important to see how it
was afterwards. He was known for his sharp analysis and
ability to capture the soldiers experience. So these are all
people we found that were similar to Ernie Pyle, but
again Ernie Piles and Ernie Pile. He still remains the

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most famous person in that genre because of his deep
empathy and personal storytelling. You know, you know he was
about embedding himself with the soldiers, focusing on their human
stories or strategy. They brought the really brought the realities
of the war home civilians. There was also some media

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back then, not in the thirties, the forties. So and
he died, right they get you have to live. Just
imagine what if if or any Pile lived, what he
would have been a continued journalist, when he would have
been on TV, which came out later, murders on TV
like TV came out later. What he would have been
like a kron Kiter Andy wal I just I wonder

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what his life would have been like if he had lived.
So sad, I'm getting to know him through this, but
he's not here with us, but he's here with us
in the spirit. I'm James, and thanks for listening to me.
Talk about some other people who are doing stuff. I
encourage you to look them up. I'm gonna look them
up to I might do some side stories on them
on some other things, but we go look them up

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also and see what they're all talking about. Support museum,
go if you if you're if you're if you're in
the Indian Annie, Illinois area. Go support, go over there
and say James sent you. Uh. And I just want
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