A Horrible Waste Of War Analysis

In “A Horrible Waste of War” Pyle uses imagery to capture the vastness and devastation of the war. In the article he thoroughly describes every inch of the beach and waters. Going through the “tanks that had only just made” it to the beach and the “half tracks” that were obliterated with a “single shell shot” shows the amount of things that could have been used, but weren't. However, the emphasis is not placed on the objects themselves, but of the people who should be occupying them. With such detailed description of the items he shows just how many people were truly lost based on the equipment those soldiers were assigned to use.