Ernie Pyle Quote

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later.


Ernie Pyle in England (ed. New York, McBride, 1941)


The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched....

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched....

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched....

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched....