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The classic humanscale account of the soldiers who fought in World War IIby Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie PyleAmericas most famous and most loved war correspondentfeaturing a new introduction by David Chrisinger the author of the new Ernie Pyle biography The Soldiers Truth

A Penguin Classic

When America entered World War II Ernie Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches Long before television and the internet beamed combat footage directly to us his dispatches from the front lines augmented the coverage of the wars politics strategies and macrolevel mobilizations to give the American public what he called his wormseye view of the daytoday life of the war He captured as John Steinbeck described it in Time magazine the war of the homesick weary funny violent common men who wash their socks in their helmets complain about the food and bring themselves through as dirty a business as the world has ever seen and do it with humor and dignity and courageand that is Ernie Pyles war A numberone bestseller upon its publication in 1944 Brave Men remains unmatched in its clarity sympathy and grit as a portrait of Americas boys who fought in Europe and lives on as a testament to the enduring value of embedded journalism in reporting the truth

For more than seventyfive years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Englishspeaking world With more than 2000 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as uptodate translations by awardwinning translators