At last we are in it up to our necks, and everything is changed, even your outlook on life. Ernie Pyle changelifeneck Change image and share on social
I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them. Ernie Pyle changeconsiderablefight share on social
The front-line soldier wants it to be got over by the physical process of his destroying enough Germans to end it. He is truly at war. The rest of us, no matter how hard we work, are not. Ernie Pyle destroyendfront Change image and share on social
Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with. Ernie Pyle artillerygunofficer Change image and share on social
It was a night when London was ringed and stabbed with fire. Ernie Pyle firelondonnight Change image and share on social
All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we want terribly yet only academically for the war to get over. Ernie Pyle academicallyafricaline Change image and share on social
I've really been sick with this cold, but I think I might have kept the columns going anyhow except I was just so low in spirit, I didn't have the will to struggle against them when my deadline was so close and I felt so lousy. Ernie Pyle closecoldcolumn share on social
If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war. Ernie Pyle europeanfeeljustify Change image and share on social
But to the fighting soldier that phase of the war is behind. It was left behind after his first battle. His blood is up. He is fighting for his life, and killing now for him is as much a profession as writing is for me. Ernie Pyle battlebloodfight share on social
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges. Ernie Pyle balconybridgecurve share on social