Pennsylvania media are reporting that Maj Winters E Co. 506PIR 101 Div has died. Most of us only have an inkling of him due to the work of Stephen Ambrose in his book "Band of Brothers" and the Hanks/Spielberg Miniseries of the same name.
As we lose more and more of our WWII veterans, I am both saddened and reminded of men of extraordinary accomplishment, courage, humility and leadership. Men who credited others for their successes but accepted the responsibilities of their failures. Men who quietly led by example. Men who we should aspire to emulate.
Tears. Thank you for your post. God bless and watch over his soul.
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Thanks for the post Mike.
Reading that I think an appropriatte reply to your feelings, I am reminded of by your signature line, would be another Patton quote...
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
He is truly a hero, no longer with us, but surely never forgotten.
Richard D. Winters, a man "of extraordinary accomplishment, courage, humility and leadership. ... [a man] whom we should aspire to emulate", indeed.
Thank you, JMD.
(http://www.skaterscafe.com/photos/data/542/4440winters2-vi.jpg)
An American hero if there ever was one.
Rest in Peace.
He did author a book covering his military career. "Beyond the Band of Brothers"
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Band-Brothers-Memoirs-Winters/dp/0425213757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294681886&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Band-Brothers-Memoirs-Winters/dp/0425213757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294681886&sr=8-1)
It's a good read and he was a great man. Rest in Peace, sir.