Passages: 'HERE IS YOUR WAR' (Parts 1 - 3)

One of the Finest WWII Writers Writes Fine Lines 

Drawing by Carol Johnson, from the book

"Here Is Your War", Page 184

Introduction:

Ernie Pyle, an iconic WWII U.S. war correspondent, is reputed to be 'America's eyewitness to World War II'. And I have occasionally written that the Canadians who volunteered to join Combined Operations (including my father) and eventually operated landing crafts during Operation Rutter/Jubilee (Dieppe raid), Operation Torch (invasion of N. Africa beginning November 8, 1942), and other significant operations up to the end of WWII (e.g., Operations Husky (invasion of Sicily), Baytown, Avalanche (invasions of Italy) and Neptune (invasion of France)), were another reliable version of 'eyewitnesses to WWII'.

A collection of quotable quotes and significant passages - related to men of all branches of the Allied armed forces - are presented in three posts:

'HERE IS YOUR WAR' (1) by Ernie Pyle

'HERE IS YOUR WAR' (2) by Ernie Pyle

'HERE IS YOUR WAR' (3) by Ernie Pyle

For more posts re 'poignant passages' related to WWII, please link to Passages: Writers on World War II

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