I was thinking of Michael Yon a lot this weekend when I was enjoying a relaxing two day excursion to Nantucket. Why was I thinking of Michael Yon while vacationing with the beautiful (and increasingly obnoxious) people? Because I was reading Ernie’s War: The Best of Ernie Pyle’s World War II Dispatches
Michael has often been called our generation’s Ernie Pyle and I think that is the highest compliment you could ever give a journalist at war. The similarities are striking. The writing was incredibly vivid, poignant and moving. It was written from first hand experiences and with a deep admiration of the men he was covering. The comparison is so appropriate.
Michael is half way through a new series of posts about his experiences with the Brits in Iraq. They are filled with great writing and story telling, accompanied by tremendous photography, like all of Michael’s major Dispatches are.
You can find part one of Death or Glory here, and part two here.
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