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NH 76507 Burial service for Ernie Pyle, Punchbowl Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Oahu, Hawaii, 19 July 1949.

Burial service for Ernie Pyle, Punchbowl Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Oahu, Hawaii, 19 July 1949.
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Title: Burial service for Ernie Pyle, Punchbowl Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Oahu, Hawaii, 19 July 1949.
Caption: Ernie Pyle, late beloved war correspondent is laid to rest in the Punchbowl Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Oahu, Hawaii, 19 July 1949. Pyle was killed on le Shima, 18 April 1945. Admiral Arthur W. Radford, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific, leads the senior military officers present. Officers in the front row (left to right): Admiral A.W. Radford, USN, CINCPAC; Lieutenant General T.E. Watson, USMC, CG Fleet Marine Force Pacific; Lieutenant General H.S. Aurand, USA, CG U.S. Army Pacific; Rear Admiral W.J.C. Agnes, USN(Medical Corps), District Medical Officer; Rear Admiral J.E. Gingrich, USN, CINCPAC Chief of Staff; Rear Admiral W.G. Tomlinson, USN, Commander Pacific Division MATS; Rear Admiral J.E. Wood, USN, Commander U.S. Naval Supply Center, P.H.; Rear Admiral C.S. Colclough, USN, Commander Submarine Force Pacific; Major General F.L. Parks, USA, Deputy CG U.S. Army Pacific; Brigadier General H.Q. Huglin, USAF, Commander U.S. Air Forces Pacific; and Brigadier General A. Pierson, USA, CG South Sector.
Description: Courtesy of Radford Collection.
Catalog #: NH 76507
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Tue, Jul 19, 1949
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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