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| Richard Winters |
Retired Army Maj. Richard Winters, the Second World War, is famous in the TV movie, Band of Brothers died, after a long illness.
Many consider him a hero and a great leader, but the winter it was very quiet and modest. He was loved and admired by many soldiers who served with him in the U. S. Army Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
Winters and his unit became famous when their story by historian and author Stephen Ambrose was late in his 1992 book says, "Blood Brothers", won international recognition. The story was the winter and his unit landed in Normandy and fought across Europe, then in an HBO miniseries of the same name
produced in 2001 by director Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. At a price of $ 125,000,000, the miniseries was the most expensive in history, winning two Emmy Awards 2002, including best miniseries.
A few years ago, Winters said his own story in a book along with retired Army Colonel author U. S. King Cole's "Beyond Band of Brothers: The Memoirs of the great Dick Winters, the New York Times Book list.
In an interview with the Daily News when the book was released, King said that winter, to write his memoirs helped.
"He gave me his diaries, letters and a copy of your files, and the pin," King said at the time say that the winter and edited the book reviewed. "I was in the spring of colon
hand. "
Although many people consider a hero winters, thinking of his men, especially those who died in World War II, that the real heroes.
When winter and his men in Normandy, the landing, the German soldiers and cannons Manor Brécourt against the Allies at Utah Beach hit. The company has several miles of their destination 6th June 1944, landed at Utah Beach and go boom. Winters quickly captured the maps of the enemy command post - a blow to the allied forces. Collection of 12 men, Winters carved its way toward the enemy trenches and destroyed four guns were kept in check by the Allied troops.
After the war, Winters was a successful businessman and was often invited to leave his leadership.
During the last decade, men, local MPs, senators and other state has asked the Pentagon to award the highest military award, the Medal of Honor, Winters. These efforts were unsuccessful. He never looked the same honor. Winters, who served first as commander of Easy Company, then as a battalion commander was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his D-Day and the strategy against Utah Beach. The cross is in the service of the nation's second highest military award.
One man, Joe Lesniewski of Erie, said in a newspaper interview a few years. "All of us, we follow him to hell This is the kind of person he was."
Winters has received numerous awards for his services on behalf of his unit in recent years. In 2007, presented the mayor of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in winter the Medal of the city of Eindhoven for his unit's participation in the liberation of Eindhoven German control during World War II.
In 2004, Winters was one of the guests, the Military History Institute spent part of the heritage of the United States Army and Education Center complex in Carlisle. He gave them copies of personal documents.
"These documents reflect today I donate time and circumstances of the few bridges," Winters said at the inauguration. "But I have no doubt that our experiences and our memories similar in many respects the experiences and memories of nearly 8 million men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War."
Winters said he considered it his duty to give their papers to the Institute of his memories and his men, and experiences that will never be forgotten.
"All who wore uniforms, in my opinion, the heroes were," he said at the ceremony.
Winters lives in Hershey and maintains a farm in Fredericksburg.
Funeral arrangements were not disclosed.
Many consider him a hero and a great leader, but the winter it was very quiet and modest. He was loved and admired by many soldiers who served with him in the U. S. Army Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
Winters and his unit became famous when their story by historian and author Stephen Ambrose was late in his 1992 book says, "Blood Brothers", won international recognition. The story was the winter and his unit landed in Normandy and fought across Europe, then in an HBO miniseries of the same name
produced in 2001 by director Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. At a price of $ 125,000,000, the miniseries was the most expensive in history, winning two Emmy Awards 2002, including best miniseries.
A few years ago, Winters said his own story in a book along with retired Army Colonel author U. S. King Cole's "Beyond Band of Brothers: The Memoirs of the great Dick Winters, the New York Times Book list.
In an interview with the Daily News when the book was released, King said that winter, to write his memoirs helped.
"He gave me his diaries, letters and a copy of your files, and the pin," King said at the time say that the winter and edited the book reviewed. "I was in the spring of colon
hand. "
Although many people consider a hero winters, thinking of his men, especially those who died in World War II, that the real heroes.
When winter and his men in Normandy, the landing, the German soldiers and cannons Manor Brécourt against the Allies at Utah Beach hit. The company has several miles of their destination 6th June 1944, landed at Utah Beach and go boom. Winters quickly captured the maps of the enemy command post - a blow to the allied forces. Collection of 12 men, Winters carved its way toward the enemy trenches and destroyed four guns were kept in check by the Allied troops.
After the war, Winters was a successful businessman and was often invited to leave his leadership.
During the last decade, men, local MPs, senators and other state has asked the Pentagon to award the highest military award, the Medal of Honor, Winters. These efforts were unsuccessful. He never looked the same honor. Winters, who served first as commander of Easy Company, then as a battalion commander was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his D-Day and the strategy against Utah Beach. The cross is in the service of the nation's second highest military award.
One man, Joe Lesniewski of Erie, said in a newspaper interview a few years. "All of us, we follow him to hell This is the kind of person he was."
Winters has received numerous awards for his services on behalf of his unit in recent years. In 2007, presented the mayor of Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in winter the Medal of the city of Eindhoven for his unit's participation in the liberation of Eindhoven German control during World War II.
In 2004, Winters was one of the guests, the Military History Institute spent part of the heritage of the United States Army and Education Center complex in Carlisle. He gave them copies of personal documents.
"These documents reflect today I donate time and circumstances of the few bridges," Winters said at the inauguration. "But I have no doubt that our experiences and our memories similar in many respects the experiences and memories of nearly 8 million men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War."
Winters said he considered it his duty to give their papers to the Institute of his memories and his men, and experiences that will never be forgotten.
"All who wore uniforms, in my opinion, the heroes were," he said at the ceremony.
Winters lives in Hershey and maintains a farm in Fredericksburg.
Funeral arrangements were not disclosed.
