Ernest Taylor Pyle, better known to millions as Ernie, is an inconspicuous, frail, 110-lb. man of 42, homely and quiet-mannered. He looks exactly as if he came smack off an Indiana farm which he did, some two decades ago. This week this pixyish little man, America's most widely read war correspondent, won one of the National Headliners Club's annual awards for newspaper, radio and photographic excellence. Pyle's award (one of twelve) was for "best foreign feature" reporting.
For the past six months Ernie Pyle has padded around North Africa, talking with infantrymen,...
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