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Dick Winters CO Easy Co 506PIR died
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:52 am
by 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
Re: Dick Winters CO Easy Co 506PIR died
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:28 am
by 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.
Re: Dick Winters CO Easy Co 506PIR died
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:10 am
by John V Cliche
The news of his passing brought all "a tearful eye" in my household.
John
Re: Dick Winters CO Easy Co 506PIR died
Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:40 am
by KEVINABR
I never meet Major Winters but i did see him in 2004 in Normandy. R.I.P from this side of the pond