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How was war correspondent Ernie Pyle killed during the Okinawa campaign?

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U.S. Marines on Okinawa — Battle of Okinawa U.S. Marines battling for control of a ridge near Naha, Okinawa, May 1945.

During the Okinawa campaign, renowned American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed on April 18, 1945, while visiting the island of Ie Shima, which is located off the coast of Okinawa. While accompanying the 77th Infantry Division, he was struck and killed by Japanese machine-gun fire.12