[DOC] [TLE] Ernie Pyle - Wikipedia [PAR] Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900  April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize
winning American journalist. ... He was killed by enemy fire on Iejima during the 
Battle of Okinawa. .... In 1983 he was awarded the Purple Hearta rare honor for 
a civilianby the 77th Division's successor unit, the 77th Army Reserve 
Command. [DOC] [TLE] Purple Heart - Wikipedia [PAR] The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of 
the President to those wounded or killed ... Although never abolished, the award 
of the badge was not proposed again officially until after .... was awarded a 
Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese ..... April 
19, 1945. [DOC] [TLE] Death photo of war reporter Ernie Pyle found | Okinawa, Snipers and ... [PAR] Winning War, Prize Winning, Wwii Killed, Pyle 1900, Wwii Including, ... Ernie Pyle 
(1900-1945): Compassionate, Pulitzer Prize-winning war ... In 1947, he was 
awarded the PDSA Dicken Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. 
...... Cross Silver Star Legion of Merit Bronze Star Purple Heart French Legion of 
Honor... [DOC] [TLE] A heart purple of - National Archives and Records Administration [PAR] en to those who are wounded or killed while fighting in the nation's wars. ... ever, 
is that the Purple Heart is a unique military award. It is the oldest .... were no 
posthumous awards. ..... Pyle won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1943. ... 
Shima, near Okinawa, on April 18, 1945, ... His winning personality and frontline 
report-. [DOC] [TLE] PURPLE HEART CRITERIA - Recognize the Sacrifice [PAR] Eligibility criteria for the Purple Heart Medal is as follows: ... of the U.S. Armed 
Services after 5 April 1917, has been wounded or killed, or who has died ... Not 
more than one award will be made for more than one wound or injury ... A Purple 
Heart will be issued to the next of kin of each person entitled to a posthumous 
award. [DOC] [TLE] Remembering Ernie Pyle | Local News | tribstar.com [PAR] Aug 21, 2016 ... Ernie's true legacy is journalism, said Jerry Maschino, a board member for the 
Ernie ... Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize for the daily wartime columns he banged out 
until he was killed in the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945. ... known photograph of 
Pyle alive, and his Purple Heart awarded posthumously in 1983. [DOC] [TLE] Ernie Pyle | Open Access articles | Open Access journals ... [PAR] He was killed in combat on Iejima during the Battle of Okinawa. ... He won the 
Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his spare, first-person reporting, which .... On April 18, 
1945, Pyle died on Iejima (then known as Ie Shima), an island ... Pyle was among 
the few American civilians killed during the war to be awarded the Purple Heart,... [DOC] [TLE] Ernie Pyle | World Public Library - eBooks | Read eBooks online [PAR] He was killed by enemy fire on Iejima during the Battle of Okinawa. ... He won the 
Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his spare, poignant accounts of "dogface" .... On April 17
, 1945 Pyle came ashore with the Army's 305th Infantry Regiment of the ... In 
1983 he was awarded the Purple Hearta rare honor for a civilianby the 77th
... [DOC] [TLE] Those Were the Days, Today in History - April 18 - 440int.com [PAR] 1945 - It was on Ie Shima, a small island off Okinawa, that Pulitzer Prize-winning 
journalist Ernie Pyle's career came to an end. ... A memorial on the site where 
Ernest T. Pyle was killed reads, "At this spot the 77th Infantry Division lost a 
buddy. Ernie Pyle 18 April 1945". ... Pyle was awarded the Purple Heart 
posthumously. [DOC] [TLE] Korean War Educator: Topics - American Notables Who Served in ... [PAR] He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, receiving a Purple Heart. .... 
daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Hubert Renfro (H.R.) ... 
Killed in action

Question: Killed near Okinawa in 1945, this Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was awarded a posthumous Purple Heart
Answer: Ernie Pyle