The Pittsburgh Press (April 20, 1945)
Senator proposes medal for Pyle
WASHINGTON (SHS) – Sen. Raymond Willis (R-Indiana) has prepared a resolution to bestow a congressional medal posthumously upon Ernie Pyle and expects to introduce it today.
He will ask Sen. Homer Capehart (R-Indiana) to join in its introduction, he said. Sens. Carl Hatch and Dennis Chavez, from Ernie’s adopted state of New Mexico, may also be invited to sponsor the introduction.
Sen. Willis said:
Ernie Pyle belongs to all Americans. But we Hoosiers have a special claim on the memory of this great historian of G.I. Joe. He was our best beloved native son. In this war he moved to the unchallenged rank of our greatest war correspondent.
As a newspaperman, I feel another personal tie. For he was a martyr to his profession.
The medal would be awarded to “That Girl” Mrs. Jerry Pyle, who lives in their home at Albuquerque.