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Captain Henry Thomas Waskow (September 24, 1918 – December 14, 1943) was a United States Army officer, with the rank of captain, memorialized in Ernie Pyle's dispatch "The Death of Captain Waskow," which in turn was faithfully portrayed in the movie The Story of G.I. Joe.
But never have I crossed the trail of any man as beloved as Capt. Henry T. Waskow of Belton, Texas. Capt. Waskow was a company commander in the 36th Division. He had led his company since long before it left the States.
There was a time, in January 1944, when everyone in America had heard of Captain Henry T. Waskow from Belton, Texas. His story had been told by Ernie Pyle, the most revered war correspondent of the day, and it had become the most famous and beloved of all the columns Pyle wrote during World War II.
Captain Henry T. Waskow was killed in the battle for San Pietro and the Liri Valley during the attack on the Winter Line. He fell, leading his company in the assault on December 14, 1943. A final measure of this peerless soldier is contained in his last will and testament.
14 de nov. de 2017 · Pyle’s most widely read column was about Captain Henry T. Waskow of Belton, Texas, a company commander in the 36th Division along the front lines in Italy in January 1944. “I was at the foot of the mule trail the night they brought Capt. Waskow’s body down,” Pyle wrote.
“The Death of Captain Waskow” captured the human cost of war and became one of his most popular newspaper columns. Pyle was killed coming ashore with troops during the Okinawa campaign on April 18, 1945, four months before the war ended.
14 de dic. de 2018 · Pyle's most famous column eulogized Henry Waskow of the 36th infantry, who died December 14, 1943—75 years ago—when he was struck in the chest by a German mortar in the fighting that raged in...
