The Pittsburgh Press (January 11, 1945)
Pyle gets no rest on front porch
San Francisco, California (UP) –
Ernie Pyle, columnist and war correspondent, said today that he was going to cover the Pacific War “not because I want to, but just because something inside me says I’ve got to.”
The 112-pound correspondent said that although friends think he looks very well, he was unable to rest during the three and a half months he spent at his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home after covering the war in Africa, Italy and France.
“It was no rest – not even a total of a half day sunning myself alone on the front porch,” Mr. Pyle said.