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Publication Date: January 1, 1944

World War II.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Described with clarity, sympathy, and grit, May 20, 2001

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Ernie Pyle was one of the most effective and well known battlefield correspondents of World War II. Pyle's on-the-spot reporting gave the American public a firsthand view of what war was like for their boys on the front lines he followed American service men into the trenches, battlefield combats, field hospitals, and war ravaged cities of Europe. What he witnessed he was able to vividly record and describe with clarity, sympathy, and grit to give his readership an immediate and accurate sense of the foot soldier's experience. Brave Men is a collection of Pyle's wartime newspaper columns detailing the 1943-44 fighting in Europe and endures as a fitting monument to both one correspondent's courage and journalistic expertise and the battlefield experiences of a generation of young American soldiers in the European theater. Tragically, when Pyle went to the South Pacific to continue his wartime reportage, a sniper's bullet took his life in 1945. Brave Men is an essential title for any personal, academic, or community library World War II collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Brave Men" a treasured discovery., June 21, 2003

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Michael S Wilson (Monrovia Ca, USA) - See all my reviews

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A friend, knowing my interest in World Warll history, bought an original "Brave Men" 1944 copywright Henry Holt & Co edition at a used bookstore fo[$$$]. My great luck to have such good friends and I get to read such a wonderful book. Any serious WWll history reader must read this book. Ernie Pyle's work is an American treasue. He wrote about the lives of the common soldier, sailor, airman. These are the "Brave Men". The guy that just does his job as best he can while trying to survive and get home in one piece. My father, a combat rifle platoon leader with the 9th division in France and Germany in 1944, once told me that he was no hero, and he wasn't brave, but he saw a lot of guys that were. Funny how they all say that. Ernie's book is about guys like my dad and a million other anonymous guys like him that did the dirty work of war. They're my heros.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Relive the War, December 8, 1999

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Ernie Pyle was a man who loved his job. He takes us to the soldiers who were fighting for us, and lets us know what it was like through close calls, boredom, dreams and ambitions of those ordinary men thrust into war that he came in contact with. He brings the humor and the tears of war and tells stories that we can all relate to to help us understand what it was truly like. His love for the common soldier is apparent throughout the entire book. He was, without a doubt, the greatest war correspondant of all time. This book and Here is Your War are required reading for anyone even remotely interested in WWII, as well as for anyone who just wants a good story.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Book Brave Men, by Ernie Pyle
The book was delivered quickly, and in very good condition. Well pleased. It made a great gift for an old man who served, and personally knew Mr. Pyle.

Published 19 months ago by K. Roberts

3.0 out of 5 stars tedious
I had high hopes for this book by the famous Ernie Pyle. It is authorative, but it becomes tedious very quickly. There is no real story. Read more

Published 24 months ago by Sentinel

5.0 out of 5 stars "Brave Men"
This book, "Brave Men" is a book I read when I was a teenager in the mid-sixties. It is full of amazing stories of just that: BRAVE MEN! Read more

Published on January 23, 2010 by Glenn R. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars WILL PROBABLY READ THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR
If you are a history buff and enjoy reading about WWII and military people, then read this book!
Ernie goes around like the "everyday guy" civilian spending several days or... Read more

Published on December 29, 2009 by Shakespearannie

4.0 out of 5 stars The antidote to histories of military strategy and generals who fought the war behind the lines
An excellent compilation of newspaper columns written by WWII war correspondent Ernie Pyle from the fighting in Europe and published in 1944. Read more

Published on October 23, 2009 by J. Green

4.0 out of 5 stars BRAVE MEN, AN AMERICAN CLASSIC!
"Brave Men," by Ernie Pyle is an american literary classic. From the turning of the first page, the reader is taken back to a time when the world was aflame. Read more

Published on September 29, 2009 by Mike Botula

5.0 out of 5 stars Soldier's-eye view of World War II
This is the third volume of World War II reporting from Ernie Pyle, the great war correspondent of the common soldier. Read more

Published on August 19, 2009 by R. S. Corzine

5.0 out of 5 stars Brave Men
Journalist Ernie Pyle wrote about the war and the men who lived it. WWII, the good war, was also hell but Pyle wrote about the Amerian spirit that survived that hell. Read more

Published on November 29, 2008 by Anon

5.0 out of 5 stars Brave Man
What can I say about Ernie Pyle? One of the most well-known correspondents in WWII, he wrote with an empathy for the common infantryman that transcended his simple, eloquent... Read more

Published on November 3, 2006 by Nathan G. Struck

5.0 out of 5 stars Re-living Time in the ETO
I read many of these stories when I was an infantryman in the ETO during WWII. I just wanted to re-read them again to satisfy the feeling of respect I have always had for Ernie... Read more

Published on February 21, 2006 by Billie J. Mcfarren

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In June, 1943, when our military and naval forces began fitting the war correspondents into the great Sicilian invasion patchwork, most of us were given the choice of the type of assignment we wantedassault forces, invasion fleet, African Base Headquarters, or whatever. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
general quarters, allotted missions, gun pit

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, General Bradley, Air Forces, North Africa, New Mexico, American Army, South Carolina, New Jersey, Red Dog, Willow Run, Colonel Clizbe, Von Ripper, General Doolittle, Forty-fifth Division, Sergeant Carter, Red Cross, Ninth Division, North Carolina, General Eddy, Fifth Army, Private Schneider, San Francisco, Long Island, Flying Fortress, Major Bland