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Major Richard Winters (aka Dick Winters) died last week. He was made somewhat famous by the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He lead Easy Company during WWII. Started out as a Lt. and finished the war as a Maj.

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/p ... 7340.story

He was 92 years old. He lived in Hershey, PA. He asked that new of his death not be released until after the funeral.

The man was a HERO. An amazing, awe inspiring HERO. The world is less for him not being in it.

He was truly a magnificent person. A true leader in every sense. Something you don't find every day.

This man exemplifies the best of a generation and the sacrifice that was asked of it. Godspeed Major Winters.

rolandson wrote:This man exemplifies the best of a generation and the sacrifice that was asked of it. Godspeed Major Winters.

A man amongst men, I think what always stuck me most in interviews I've seen with him was his humility, he always talked about the heroism of his men, never himself, but when you heard the men that fought under his command talk of him they always talked about his heroism and how he never asked anyone to do anything that he himself wouldn't do.

Love&A.45 wrote:

rolandson wrote:This man exemplifies the best of a generation and the sacrifice that was asked of it. Godspeed Major Winters.

A man amongst men, I think what always stuck me most in interviews I've seen with him was his humility, he always talked about the heroism of his men, never himself, but when you heard the men that fought under his command talk of him they always talked about his heroism and how he never asked anyone to do anything that he himself wouldn't do.

Yes, like many great men and women he gave the credit to those he lead.

http://www.majordickwinters.com/

Read Ambrose's book and then Winter's own. He was a humble man, the kind of guy who does amazing things then goes home and opens a shop, spends the rest of his life thankful he no longer has to do amazing things. Actually, Eisenhower was like that too, at heart a humble man... hmmm and Bradley... and Hodges... and Marshall for that matter. Compare them to Patton, Montgomery, MacArthur or Mark Clark. Frankly I'm sure we could have won the war without the last 4, but the first 4 were crucial.

Eisenhower retired to the same area of Pennsylvania as Winters, a few miles away at Gettysburg. Awesome to contemplate him walking that battlefield, the ghosts.....

Antiquus wrote:Read Ambrose's book and then Winter's own. He was a humble man, the kind of guy who does amazing things then goes home and opens a shop, spends the rest of his life thankful he no longer has to do amazing things. Actually, Eisenhower was like that too, at heart a humble man... hmmm and Bradley... and Hodges... and Marshall for that matter. Compare them to Patton, Montgomery, MacArthur or Mark Clark. Frankly I'm sure we could have won the war without the last 4, but the first 4 were crucial.

Eisenhower retired to the same area of Pennsylvania as Winters, a few miles away at Gettysburg. Awesome to contemplate him walking that battlefield, the ghosts.....

A good book I read a number of years ago entitled "The War Between the Generals" describes the battles between the Allied generals. It was written by David Irving who was later unmasked as a holocaust denier, but it's not evident in this book. It's surprising the we won WWII with all the bickering. I've always been partial to George Marshall who so wanted to be Supreme Allied Commander, but selected Eisenhower instead because Roosevelt always wanted Marshall by his side in Washington.

Not all the WWII heros are appreciated during their lifetime, in September 2010, Eileen Nearne died in Torquay, England in poverty. It wasn't until the police went through her papers looking for a next of kin that her closely guarded secret was revealed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/world ... earne.html