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Here Is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe | 
| Author: Ernie Pyle
Creator: Orr Kelly
Publisher: Bison Books
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 132227
Media: Paperback
Pages: 246
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0803287771
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.542311
EAN: 9780803287778
ASIN: 0803287771
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
A wonderful and enduring tribute to American troops in the Second World War, Here Is Your War is Ernie Pyle’s story of the soldiers’ first campaign against the enemy in North Africa. With unequaled humanity and insight, Pyle tells how people from a cross-section of America—ranches, inner cities, small mountain farms, and college towns—learned to fight a war. The Allied campaign and ultimate victory in North Africa was built on blood, brave deeds, sacrifice and needless loss, exotic vistas, endurance, homesickness, and an unmistakable American sense of humor. It’s all here—the suspenseful landing at Oran; the risks taken daily by fighter and bomber pilots; grim, unrelenting combat in the desert and mountains of Tunisia; a ferocious tank battle that ended in defeat for the inexperienced Americans; and the final victory at Tunis. Pyle’s keen observations relate the full story of ordinary G.I.s caught up in extraordinary times.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great book! December 24, 2008
Russell J. Van Tine (New Port Richey,Florida, USA)
AN incredible view of WWII from that of a correspondent. A summary of his articles that he submitted during his being "imbedded".
 Here Is Your War: Story of G. I. Joe September 20, 2005
Diane Conger
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
A fascintating read. This book gets you right into the actual experiences faced by our soldiers. It is about feelings, conditions, etc.
Great First Hand Account of the African Campaign June 3, 2005
J. B. Smith (Raleigh, NC, United States)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is an edited compilation of Ernie Pyles' dispatches during the North African Campaign of World War Two (each chapter was originally two or three columns and were woven together to make the story flow better). It describes the sea voyage from England, the landing in Algiers, and the drive across North Africa, ending with the German retreat and surrender.
Pyle gives a great accounting of all of the different types of people that compile a war effort - the nurses, cooks, mechanics, pilots, and of course the infantry. He tends to stay away from the brass and talk with the soldiers. The style of writing is very quaint - when ever a soldier is introduced in a story, Pyle gives his/her hometowm and often his/her address as well. The writing flows surprisingly well - and I say surprisingly because if one just looks at the text, consisting of short sentences and paragraphs, it would give the illusion of being choppy. It is infact beautifully written from a humanistic stand point.
Pyle doesn't gloss over the horrors of war, his own fear, the hardships or the set backs. He talks about the mistakes we made in the administration of captured Algiers, and how we were defeated in the initial combat against the Germans.
The reason why Pyle was/is so famous is he brings to life all of the warm anectodes that make life in a combat zone bearable - the unselfish acts of courage and kindness - as well as the sense of loss when a friend will no longer be with us. That was the true beauty of Pyle's work.
Again, this is a fantastic book for anyone seeking to learn who were the men and women that fought WWII and what life was like for them.
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