**** Winters Died @ 92 years of age. RIP to a man's man!
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Its sad that Dick is censored...its his name for christ's sake...
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T3h Drama isn't down with the new censoring.
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Not at all...I believe in uncensorship of all the english language.
I guess I could have put Richard Winters in the title.
I guess I could have put Richard Winters in the title.
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True. Sucks is censored too.
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Im sad that this didnt get more attention. He was a true American hero.
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I've never heard of the guy
And I've never seen Band of Brothers...
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I've never heard of the guy
And I've never seen Band of Brothers...
meh
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Good post....everyone should be required to see BoB and The Pacific....awesome series'.....and you're correct...he was a true hero. RIP.
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this made me lol
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alot of youngens dont understand history is men like Richard
Retired Army Maj. Richard "Dick" Winters, whose World War II heroics were made famous in the acclaimed HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," died Jan 2 at Columbia Cottage in South Londonderry Township.
He was 92.
A private funeral has already been held, and a public memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.
Many considered him a hero and a great leader, but Winters himself was a quiet and humble man. He was loved and admired by many of the soldiers who served with him in the U.S. Army's Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
Winters and his unit became famous when their story was told by the late historian and author Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 book "Band of Brothers." The story of how Easy Company landed in Normandy and fought across Europe was then made into an HBO miniseries of the same name in 2001.
Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tom Hanks at a cost of $125 million, the miniseries was the most expensive one ever made and won two Emmy awards in 2002, including best miniseries.
Winters told his own story in a book co-authored with retired U.S. Army Col. Cole Kingseed titled "Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major **** Winters," which made the New York Times book list.
In an interview with the Daily News when the book was released, Kingseed explained how he helped Winters write his memoirs.
"He gave me his journals, letters and a copy of his files, and I put pen to paper," he said, adding that Winters edited and revised the book. "I was just the pen in ****'s hand."
Winters, a Lancaster native, parachuted in with his Easy Company brethren behind enemy lines in the early morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944. Later in the day, he led a charge against a Nazi artillery unit that was firing on the Allied invasion force at Utah Beach.
After gathering 12 men, Winters worked his way into the enemy trenches and destroyed four artillery pieces that had held Allied troops at bay. Winters' force also captured enemy maps during the assault, a major coup for the Allied forces.
He received the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest military award, for his actions on D-Day.
Winters later assumed command of Easy Company when it was learned that the company's commander had been killed in the air drop.
Following D-Day, Easy Company fought across Europe, participating in Operation Market Garden in Holland and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and eventually capturing Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
After the war, Winters lived for many years on a farm near Fredericksburg, where he built a house by hand. He later moved to Hershey.
He became a successful businessman and was often sought out for his leadership skills.
Over the past decade, his men, local congressmen, state senators and others have petitioned the Pentagon to award the military's highest honor, the Medal of Honor, to Winters. Those efforts have been unsuccessful. He never sought the honor himself.
Easy Company soldier Joe Lesniewski of Erie said in a news interview several years ago: "Every one of us, we'd follow him to hell. That's the type of guy he was."
Winters received numerous awards for his service and on behalf of his unit in recent years. In 2007, the mayor of Eindhoven, Holland, presented Winters with the Medal of the City of Eindhoven for his unit's participation in the liberation of Eindhoven from German control during World War II.
In 2004, Winters was among the distinguished guests who dedicated the Military History Institute, part of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center complex in Carlisle. He presented them with copies of his personal papers.
"These papers that I am donating today reflect both a time and circumstance of only a few paratroopers," Winters said at the dedication. "But I have no doubt that our experiences and memories are similar in many ways to the experiences and memories of the nearly 8 million men and women who served in the armed forces in World War II."
Winters said he considered it his duty to give his papers to the institute so that his and his men's memories and experiences will never be forgotten.
"All those who wore uniforms, in my estimation, were heroes," he said at the ceremony.
Retired Army Maj. Richard "Dick" Winters, whose World War II heroics were made famous in the acclaimed HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," died Jan 2 at Columbia Cottage in South Londonderry Township.
He was 92.
A private funeral has already been held, and a public memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.
Many considered him a hero and a great leader, but Winters himself was a quiet and humble man. He was loved and admired by many of the soldiers who served with him in the U.S. Army's Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
Winters and his unit became famous when their story was told by the late historian and author Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 book "Band of Brothers." The story of how Easy Company landed in Normandy and fought across Europe was then made into an HBO miniseries of the same name in 2001.
Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Tom Hanks at a cost of $125 million, the miniseries was the most expensive one ever made and won two Emmy awards in 2002, including best miniseries.
Winters told his own story in a book co-authored with retired U.S. Army Col. Cole Kingseed titled "Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major **** Winters," which made the New York Times book list.
In an interview with the Daily News when the book was released, Kingseed explained how he helped Winters write his memoirs.
"He gave me his journals, letters and a copy of his files, and I put pen to paper," he said, adding that Winters edited and revised the book. "I was just the pen in ****'s hand."
Winters, a Lancaster native, parachuted in with his Easy Company brethren behind enemy lines in the early morning hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944. Later in the day, he led a charge against a Nazi artillery unit that was firing on the Allied invasion force at Utah Beach.
After gathering 12 men, Winters worked his way into the enemy trenches and destroyed four artillery pieces that had held Allied troops at bay. Winters' force also captured enemy maps during the assault, a major coup for the Allied forces.
He received the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest military award, for his actions on D-Day.
Winters later assumed command of Easy Company when it was learned that the company's commander had been killed in the air drop.
Following D-Day, Easy Company fought across Europe, participating in Operation Market Garden in Holland and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and eventually capturing Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
After the war, Winters lived for many years on a farm near Fredericksburg, where he built a house by hand. He later moved to Hershey.
He became a successful businessman and was often sought out for his leadership skills.
Over the past decade, his men, local congressmen, state senators and others have petitioned the Pentagon to award the military's highest honor, the Medal of Honor, to Winters. Those efforts have been unsuccessful. He never sought the honor himself.
Easy Company soldier Joe Lesniewski of Erie said in a news interview several years ago: "Every one of us, we'd follow him to hell. That's the type of guy he was."
Winters received numerous awards for his service and on behalf of his unit in recent years. In 2007, the mayor of Eindhoven, Holland, presented Winters with the Medal of the City of Eindhoven for his unit's participation in the liberation of Eindhoven from German control during World War II.
In 2004, Winters was among the distinguished guests who dedicated the Military History Institute, part of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center complex in Carlisle. He presented them with copies of his personal papers.
"These papers that I am donating today reflect both a time and circumstance of only a few paratroopers," Winters said at the dedication. "But I have no doubt that our experiences and memories are similar in many ways to the experiences and memories of the nearly 8 million men and women who served in the armed forces in World War II."
Winters said he considered it his duty to give his papers to the institute so that his and his men's memories and experiences will never be forgotten.
"All those who wore uniforms, in my estimation, were heroes," he said at the ceremony.
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