Sunday, January 09, 2011

This Ain't Hell Reports: Major Richard Winters has passed.

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Major Dick Winters has passed


If you’ve read or watched “Band of Brothers” you’re familiar with the name Dick Winters. Zedechek sends news that Major Winters has passed. This link is to the news on the forum named for him and this from PennLive.

The line I’ll always remember from the interviews at the end of the movie is when his grandson asked him if he was a hero he said “No, but I served in a company with heroes”. I’ve always been grateful for the legacy that men like Dick Winters left for my generation of soldiers, and we’ll ALL always be indebted for what did for us.

Keep your feet and knees together, Major.

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5 comments:

Lew said...

Sad news. We will be eternally grateful to such men and the legacy they passed down to us.

Rest in Peace, Major, well done sir.

K.J. Hinton said...

Precisely. I would call my life a success had I become half the man he was.

God Bless you, Major.

Gr8mochas said...

So sad to lose these great men.

Anonymous said...

Very sad news that Major Richard Winters is gone. May his soul rest in peace and we all in Europe wil gratefully thanks him and his men.
Major R.Winters..... Well done Major. For you will sound the Last Post.

Mente Suzenaar.
Amsterdam
the Netherlands

K.J. Hinton said...

Thank you for stopping by, Mente. I appreciate your kind words and they serve to remind me that his sacrifices and those of his men along with all the others who served there...

...was absolutely worth it.

Thanks again.