https://bluecerealeducation.com Sun, 04 Jun 2023 20:23:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://files.bluecerealeducation.com/2023/06/BowlIcon.png https://bluecerealeducation.com 32 32 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/death-captain-waskow/ https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/death-captain-waskow/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:35:49 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/death-captain-waskow/ Ernie Pyle (1900-1945) was a journalist specializing in bringing the normal to intimate life through the written word. When World War II began, Pyle became what was then a very odd sort of war correspondent. He went to where the war was, but he wrote about people. Real soldiers, instead of the Captain America types otherwise put forth in the name of patriotism. He made every mother, sister, wife, or other loved one back home feel like he was writing about their boy – their soldier. He made the lowest grunt feel like he was doing something worth doing in tangible, personal ways. Here’s to the power of the written word. ]]> https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/death-captain-waskow/feed/ 1 217