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| Title | Ernie Pyle Internment |
| Owning Institution | Indiana Historical Society |
| Item ID | P0272_8505_0808_V14_001 |
| Description | While a bugler plays "Taps, " the remains of Ernie Pyle are laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater, Oahu, Hawaii, on July 19, 1949. The famed Hoosier war correspondent had become beloved through his newspaper columns about the average G.I. during the war. He was killed by Japanese gunfire while covering the invasion of Okinawa on April 18, 1945. |
| Subject | Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945
Funeral rites & ceremonies
Military parades & ceremonies
Military personnel
Military uniforms
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| Creator | U.S. Army photograph |
| Date | 1945-04-18 |
| Time Period | 1940s (1940-1949)
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| Geographic Location | Hawaii--Oahu--Punchbowl Cemetery
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| Source Collection Name | Ernie Pyle Postmortem and Internment Photographs, 1945, 1949 |
| Source Collection Number | P0272 |
| Digital Collection Name | WWII Materials |
| Digital Collection Number | ww2 |
| Destination Indiana | Destination Indiana World War II–Hoosiers in the Pacific |
| Format of Original | Photographic print, b&w, 8 x 10 |
| Digital Format | JP2000 |
| Resolution | 600 ppi |
| Copyright Notice | Digital Image © 2010 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
