The Journalists Memorial

The last main stop we made on Wednesday was at the Journalists Memorial. The memorial was started in 1944 to commemorate the war correspondents that died in WWII. Ernie Pyle’s name was under the 1945 section on the first tall stone. The stones line a pristine pathway and go up to 2006. Some stones are completely covered front and back for just one year! Many of them are not war correspondents but just journalists killed while doing their job both in wartime and peacetime.



It was really cool to be able to see Pyle’s name on the stone. For me it was a very important part of the trip. I just think that it’s amazing that he was recognized for what he did and the fact that he died in the line of duty just like many of the soldiers did. He died on the frontline, in the fighting, with the men he wrote so passionately about. Ernie Pyle from little Dana, Indiana.

Here is a picture of me standing next to the stone with Pyle’s name.