SOURCE: "World War II—The Human Side," in The New York Times Book Review, November 26, 1944, pp. 1, 22.

In the following essay, Sulzberger reviews Brave Men, suggesting that Pyle's main contribution to wartime journalism was "a more concrete recognition of GI Joe's services."

A skinny little fellow with weather-beaten face, querulous expression and thinning gray hair is not only without doubt the best-known American war correspondent reporting to the United States public, he is also far and away the best known to the United States armed forces serving in the general European area. His name is Ernie Pyle.

The first category of popularity results from the enormously widespread circulation of Ernie Pyle's daily columns syndicated through the Scripps-Howard papers and of his first book compiled from these and called Here Is Your War. The second category is, however, still more important. Not only does Pyle know hundreds of GI's personally...