Word: seidler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told." Said General Eisenhower: "All of us here have lost one of our best and most understanding friends." The G.I.s he wrote about paid their respects too. On Ie Jima, Corporal Landon Seidler fashioned a handmade wooden casket for him. Soldiers nailed Pyle's dogtags on the top, and buried him on le beside the G.I. dead. For the spot where he had fallen, Corporal Seidler carved a wooden plaque: "At this spot the 77th Infantry Division lost a buddy-Ernie Pyle-18 April...