National Newspaper Columnists’ Day was created to honor the late columnist Ernie Pyle. Pyle was a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and war correspondent during World War II, and was best known for his stories about American soldiers. National Newspaper Columnists’ Day is observed each April 18, as that was the day (in 1945) when Pyle was killed in the Battle of Okinawa.As I thought a...
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