Ernie Pyle would have been a great blogger
“The day got hot, and we took off our shirts. One sweating soldier said: ‘Five years ago you couldn‘t a got me to dig a ditch for five dollars an hour. Now look at me. You can’t stop me digging ditches. I don’t even want pay for it; I just dig for love.’”
- Digging and Grousing, March 23, 1943
Ernie Pyle was born on 3 August 1900. He died on 18 April 1954 at the hand of a Japanese sniper.
If you are not a journalist, you probably will not know who Ernie Pyle was but you can read about it here
May I suggest you at least read his most famous piece?
Ernie Pyle would have been a great blogger.