Read more Ernie Pyle stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22129/ernie-pyle.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 17:26:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/18116/death-photo-of-famous-war-correspondent-surfaces.htmlLaurel Jorgensen<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=70460&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401022337' border='0' />He was a celebrated World War II correspondent who became a household name and earned a Pulitzer Prize for his stories about hometown soldiers. But the photo that captured Ernie Pyle’s death on the battlefield only turned up recently, surprising historians, AP reports. The never-before-published photo shows Pyle lying on...This photo provided by Richard Strasser, perhaps never before published, shows famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle shortly after he was killed by a Japanese machine gun bullet on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945. Pyle, 44, had just arrived in the Pacific after four years of writing his popular column from European battlefronts. The Army photographer who crawled forward under fire to make this picture later said it was withheld by military officials. An AP survey of history museums and archives found only a few copies in existence, and no trace of the original negative. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Richard Strasser)http://www.newser.com/story/18116/death-photo-of-famous-war-correspondent-surfaces.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2008 03:35:00 CST