War newsman Ernie Pyle remembered at Punchbowl
The legendary life and career of newsman Ernie Pyle was celebrated Friday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl Crater, the famed war correspondent’s final resting place. The Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation put on the ceremony, which marked the 80th anniversary of his death during the Battle of Okinawa.
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Jerry Maschino, executive director of the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation, speaks during the Ernie Pyle 80th anniversary memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Friday.
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Honolulu resident Martin Condon pauses in front of the Ernie Pyle Memorial Rock.
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Wynne Maschino, daughter of Ernie Pyle's first cousin and wife of Jerry Maschino, the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation executive director, smiles on Friday.
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Chaplin Hurst, of the Pacific Air Forces, pauses in front of the Ernie Pyle Memorial Rock.
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Chaplin Hurst, of the Pacific Air Forces, walks away from Ernie Pyle’s gravesite.
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Suzanne Vares-Lum, director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, speaks on Friday.
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Jason Seal, VFW Senior Vice Commander, delivers an eulogy on Friday.
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Participants, from left, Chaplin Hurst, Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Suzanne Vares-Lum, Steve Maschino and Jerry Maschino salute and pause in respect as the colors are retired.
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Chaplin Hurst, of the Pacific Air Forces, pauses in front of Ernie Pyle’s gravesite,
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Steve Maschino, Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation director, speaks on Friday.
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The Color Guard stands by to remove the colors.
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Anne Harpham, former senior editor at The Honolulu Advertiser, pauses in front of the Ernie Pyle Memorial Rock, which was commissioned in 2015.
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A memorial wreath is seen above Ernie Pyle’s gravesite.
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The Color Guard posts the colors on Friday.
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Steve Maschino, Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation director, points towards Pyle’s gravesite.
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Jerry Maschino, right, executive director of the Ernie Pyle Legacy Foundation, speaks with Suzanne Vares-Lum, director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, middle, and Honolulu City Councilmember Tyler Dos-Santos Tam.
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