Dick Winters CO Easy Co 506PIR died

[Cat Man]

It has been reported that WWII Veteran Richard "Dick" Winters, quiet hero and commander of Easy Company 506 PIR 101 Airborne passed away over the weekend. Winters was one of the soldiers made famous in the HBO mini series Band of Brothers

Reported in

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... rothe.html

Another quiet hero leaves us.

Cat Man

[Bill_Wolf]

Major Winters was just another one of those modest, humble members of the Greatest Generation. Another one of those vets who we are lucky enough to meet in our hobby ..."I was nothing special I was just doing my job".

The honor shows in his final wishes. May he rest in peace.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index. ... _band.html

And when Winters died Jan. 2 at an assisted-living facility in Campbelltown, his final wish — a totally private funeral — befit a man who lived through extraordinary circumstances but never considered himself anything more than a man doing his duty, his longtime friend William S. Jackson said Sunday night.

Word of Winters’ death, withheld by the family for more than a week out of respect for his wishes, leaked Sunday on several World War II websites, including the message board for the official Maj. Richard Winters site and a Facebook page.

[John V Cliche]

The news of his passing brought all "a tearful eye" in my household.


John

[KEVINABR]

I never meet Major Winters but i did see him in 2004 in Normandy. R.I.P from this side of the pond