I am so thankful for Dick Winters sharing so much with all of us. I can’t imagine the strength and will it took to revisit the hell of war just so we could all understand and know the stories first hand. The few times I spoke to my grandfather about the war, he could only get a few sentences out before he clearly just couldn’t speak of it anymore. Words can’t express how much respect and gratitude I have for every veteran of all foreign wars. I can only hope to be half the man any of them are.
What an extraordinary man. I will be visiting Aldbourne - specifically because of its connection to the Band of Brothers - within the next few weeks and, Sir, I give you my word, I will lay flowers on the graves of the Barnses and their son for you. I am planning on having a pint of "warm beer"" in The Blue Boar to commemorate the 101st regiment and, in my own small way, pay tribute. Thank you, Sir, from the bottom of my heart, to you and and your comrades and all the allied forces for liberating the world from the monsterous hell of fascism and for the freedom we enjoy today. RIP, Major Winters.
We should all declare that we've hadnenough of corrupt politicians sending the kids of ordinary folks to their deaths, all for ideology or economic reasons. If you're so grateful to Maj Winters and his generation, then dedicate the rest of your life to seeking world peace. That's what the old boy would have wanted. Peace.
Couldn’t agree more. We should remain ever vigilant of the threat of fascism (which is on the rise now) in honour of those brave souls who gave their bodies and lives to defeat it. All too easily humanity forgets the past as it recedes further into the mists of time, making the same mistakes over again. It is our duty to learn, and to never, ever forget.
I grew up in Lancaster county as did Major Winters. We even shared a birthday. I felt a weird connection to him throughout the course of the show even before knowing all of this. I very much wish I could have met him. His legacy lives on.
"The subject of surrender - we never talked about it". Man, if that ain't enough to remind you to push yourself and give it all you've got even when it's hard or odds are against you then bro, that's inspiring! And also talks about having pity on yourself or your situation, what is that going to resolve... Which is so true! Regardless of your circumstances, when you keep going there is always hope. There's always a reason to keep going. And it makes sense too - even in the series they have to fight through so much, and in battles where the odds were against them and circumstances weren't always in their favour; yet they never gave up. They still fought with what they had. Hitting home big time man 😥
One of my favorite and most respected people of.all times. I sometimes cry because we need this man multiplied by 10s of thousands. Thank you Mr Winters.
I wish god could make this MAN immortal so he could teach each generation what is is to be a man, accountability, leadership, motivation, love of brother and country! Dick Winters was a cut above!
2nd Lt George C. Rice was the character portrayed by Jimmy Fallon in the miniseries. He was the S4 (Supply Officer) for Team Desobry of the 10th Armored Div.
@@texaswunderkind i thought so too the first time I saw that episode. Guessing that Jimmy Fallon was friends with Spielberg and Hanks so they gave him a small but meaningful part. Hope Fallon appreciates that he got to play a genuine hero.
I'm an old man now that is My favorite series of all time, My father God rests his soul was 15 minutes away from the battle of the bulge As a replacement.
My grandfather was srgt 101st air and served for years 2 purple hearts , when I was a little boy we had a routine on Sunday, church 730am mass , bakery for buns pastry, then the bar. About 1 time a month we went to the piaditrist so pop could get the dead skin cut off his feet from Bastone ,he had frostbite that effected him and man he did not like the cold ! But lived on east end of long island NY anyway . They just don't make men like him anymore
When I was in Korea some higher up decided we needed to go to the field in the middle of winter. The first night the temperature dropped to minus two with a steady north wind which made it feel like twenty below. A third of my company got frost bite and their feet would hurt if the temperature dropped below freezing after that.
There's a line in the mini series re Bastogne and I can't remember who said it but I think it was the guy tricked Sobel into cutting the fence on exercise in England by pretending he was Sink, but someone said "we'll be surrounded and he responded with, _We're paratroops, we're supposed to be surrounded._ Brilliant comeback which I can only imagine is absolutely true. I gotta read the book and watch the series again. I want to check a memory that there was a British SOE guy there who showed them the easy way to make a foxhole in frozen ground. He fired 6 rounds (he had a Webley) into the ground, then into that small hole went a half stick of dynamite and voilà, instant foxhole in frozen ground.
It's Jimmy Fallons character telling Winters himself when they are heading the other direction that they are gonna be surrounded, and Winters then using that line. I've watched that series about 20 times, atleast once a year, some even twice!
They were paratroopers, they're supposed to be surrounded, status quo. What a brave breed of men. A salute to all of our brave men and women in uniform!
People today are like the snowflakes in Bastonge. That generation lived tough and got on with it because they had to. As Major Winters says 'are you gonna pity yourself?'. Those few years defined their entire lifetime. We should be glad that most of us can live our lives without even tasting one day of such hardship and fear, and that's because people like them stood up and said no to the crazy guys. Today we panic if we are 'locked down' for a few weeks, and worry about our mental health? Toughen up!
There was a brutal cold period. Not only is it hard to comprehend the war itself, it’s hard to imagine a time where the Rhine river is constantly freezing over.
My dad was in the European Theater then. He was trapped behind the line with his squad and took cover in a bombed-out barn. He survived because the Germans ignored a lot of stuff trying to advance "The Bulge" Him and his squad survived to a man.
I would like to ask Major Winters if he knew my friend's dad, Sgt. Stanley Barlow? Stan told us several stories of his experiences at Bastogne. He said, "They called us the battered bastards of Bastogne, and we were".
To all of our fathers that raised arms to defend the freedom of Humanity; I bestow the blessings of all of the Gods. May you rest in the Heaven your God granted you.
I don't see how they lived through that, was there one winter, the cold there is literally through the bone (you can feel it ache your bones). They really were the greatest generation..
@@texaswunderkind Huh? Who said anything about Trump? Did I touch a nerve? Do you get confused about which bathroom to use? If you have a dick use the men’s. If you have a vagina use the women’s. And if you things should be given a rest then put your money where your mouth is and do so yourself.
We're fortunate to have this series to glimpse what these men sacrificed, witnessed, endured and fought for - for our freedom. But I wonder how many other Units in the Allied forces had similar experiences? For this reason I consider them ALL Heroes!! 👍
Sobel may have been a dick, but he also may have been responsible for their success. His extra training and harsh treatment may have made Easy Company tougher and more cohesive than comparable units. No one prepares a unit for combat by coddling them.
As the old saying goes, if u are surrounded, u can attack in any direction and inflict casualties. I have seen T shirts with Chesty Puller saying "We are surrounded. That simplifies our problem". (Referring to the Chosin campaign). I can't imagine going though that. Few of them had overcoats, just jackets, inadequate socks, few gloves, etc etc. Plus the helmets had to be cold and miserable. And of course BGen McAuliffe's "Nuts!" became a rallying cry.
Compared to generations today, ( mine included) few men, "make do" without pity, like these men did. It was the status quo. I'm saddened they fought, and died,, for the lack of common sense, hair splitting defining, constantly changing individual," today", that is offended, over the most trivial of issues. Just my opinion.
"What else are you going to tell yourself? That you pity yourself?" Thank the lord Dick Winters does not have to witness what the Anglo world has become, in 2021.
That's nuts. There are only 1.7 million soldiers on active duty today. Your plan would dump an additional 7.4 million high school students into the military. The armed forces couldn't afford to even train or equip all of those people. What would they do with them all? The United States isn't some tiny little nation like Switzerland or Israel. It doesn't need compulsory service.
"We never talked about surrender, never talked about it never thought about it." Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, so-called 'soldiers' are surrendering, and giving up their country without firing a single round. All while being way better equipped than these men that fought at Bastogne.
US soldiers and US Marines in Afghanistan were ordered to withdraw and leave their weapons, ammunition, supplies, and equipment by woke generals who work for Biden and Austin.
@@oscargrouch7962 You realize, of course, that the peace deal with the Taliban was signed by TRUMP, not Biden. Biden was bound BY LAW to complete the withdrawal on the timeline that TRUMP negotiated. Get your facts straight.
No disrespect, but the average temperature was only -7C in Bastogne that winter. That's a t-shirt day here in Saskatchewan in the winter 😉 Ask the Germans in Russia in WW2 about cold. That was similar to our winters...-40C and strong windchills for weeks on end.
Home field advantage in the middle of an ice cold winter is hard to beat, no matter what the circumstances, when Russia is home to the cold, they have all the supplies right there, the enemy does not, so invading any land like that most of the time leads to failure Napoleon, and Hitler were both beat by it The significance of Bastogne was that despite the piss poor conditions and low supplies, the American troops stood their ground, until Patton’s reinforcements arrived, Americans are definitely not seasoned to those kind of weather conditions, the odds of victory were definitely in Germanys favor
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Belgium is -16C, living in a country where during winter the temperature regularly drops to -30C I find the "cold" Americans experienced laughable.
It gets down to similar temps of -30c here in Chicago in the winters too but the point you're missing is these guys were out in the open for about a month, with very little winter clothing, wet because of the snow, sleeping on cold ground with very little food and you cant even build a fucking fire to keep you warm. So I think sitting in a heated home saying its laughable is honestly very disrespectful. We bitch about going out to get food or something on those cold nights, these guys slept in a hole in the ground.
Hahaha an have you lived in a fox hole for weeks at a time with out a fire an then, getting shot at an explosion going off too, sorry forgot how hard you have it 😂😂😂
@@lukum55were you getting shelled? did you have adequete clothing and toilet paper to wipe your ass with? were your buddies getting killed? nothing the americans experienced in bastogne was "laughable", your comment was pretty damn immature.
@@andre5032 I fail to see how getting shelled and killed has anything to do with temperature, note that my comment was purely on what Americans considered being "cold" is in my experience not very cold at all, at no point did I ridicule or try to diminish the experience of being in combat faced by the Americans. Only immature thing here is you getting upset at something I did not say, hence making me question your ability to read.
Funny how Major Dick Winters fought in Normandy, Market Garden, Bastogne, he supervised the taking of Hitlers Eagles Nest & fought all over Germany; but he left World War2 with ONLY FIVE MEDALS. Yet General Mark Miley (Joint Chiefs of Staff) who has NEVER seen combat, has a chest full of ribbons from his elbow, up to his shoulder blades. How is this right?? (When I was in the Army, we called those types of medals, “Been There” medals.)
This should be required viewing for every high school student in America.
They wont make shit out of it lmao
They would probably say it hurts their feelings. Different times...
I agree. The snowflake genereation needs to know! These guys formed our world witout fucking tiktok och snapchat.. fuck that!
@@finkeldrinker7842 we need more tough guys like you!
@@Stonewall29 You better put that phone back in your pocket son!
I am so thankful for Dick Winters sharing so much with all of us. I can’t imagine the strength and will it took to revisit the hell of war just so we could all understand and know the stories first hand. The few times I spoke to my grandfather about the war, he could only get a few sentences out before he clearly just couldn’t speak of it anymore. Words can’t express how much respect and gratitude I have for every veteran of all foreign wars. I can only hope to be half the man any of them are.
What an intelligent and well spoken man. RIP soldier
A greater man directing men greater than I could ever hope to be.
What an extraordinary man. I will be visiting Aldbourne - specifically because of its connection to the Band of Brothers - within the next few weeks and, Sir, I give you my word, I will lay flowers on the graves of the Barnses and their son for you. I am planning on having a pint of "warm beer"" in The Blue Boar to commemorate the 101st regiment and, in my own small way, pay tribute. Thank you, Sir, from the bottom of my heart, to you and and your comrades and all the allied forces for liberating the world from the monsterous hell of fascism and for the freedom we enjoy today. RIP, Major Winters.
We should all declare that we've hadnenough of corrupt politicians sending the kids of ordinary folks to their deaths, all for ideology or economic reasons.
If you're so grateful to Maj Winters and his generation, then dedicate the rest of your life to seeking world peace. That's what the old boy would have wanted. Peace.
The Greatest Gen totally was the toughest gen they were a amazing super soldiers :)
Couldn’t agree more. We should remain ever vigilant of the threat of fascism (which is on the rise now) in honour of those brave souls who gave their bodies and lives to defeat it. All too easily humanity forgets the past as it recedes further into the mists of time, making the same mistakes over again. It is our duty to learn, and to never, ever forget.
I grew up in Lancaster county as did Major Winters. We even shared a birthday. I felt a weird connection to him throughout the course of the show even before knowing all of this. I very much wish I could have met him. His legacy lives on.
"The subject of surrender - we never talked about it".
Man, if that ain't enough to remind you to push yourself and give it all you've got even when it's hard or odds are against you then bro, that's inspiring!
And also talks about having pity on yourself or your situation, what is that going to resolve...
Which is so true! Regardless of your circumstances, when you keep going there is always hope. There's always a reason to keep going.
And it makes sense too - even in the series they have to fight through so much, and in battles where the odds were against them and circumstances weren't always in their favour; yet they never gave up. They still fought with what they had.
Hitting home big time man 😥
This truly was a special bunch of guys. We’re blessed they are Americans...
One of my favorite and most respected people of.all times. I sometimes cry because we need this man multiplied by 10s of thousands. Thank you Mr Winters.
What a man you can really tell how a great man he is by the way he chooses his words to speak.
I love this man. My god what courage and dedication. A true American hero.
I wish god could make this MAN immortal so he could teach each generation what is is to be a man, accountability, leadership, motivation, love of brother and country! Dick Winters was a cut above!
Definitely, we as a nation are so lacking .
Totally Agree!
That's our job now.
Thank you so much for posting these. Absolutely incredible interviews from an incredible human being. May his memories and stories live on forever.
One of my heroes.
He looks like a friend, somebody familiar.. definitely a soldier you'd like to have at your side.
That’s what a real man looks like. Thank you Major!
We will never see great heroes like them again. SEMPER FI!
Never? When I read the stories of recent Medal of Honor recipients I see the same exact bravery being displayed.
@@texaswunderkind Thank you to those people and thank God for them.
Amazing series of interviews, thanks for sharing. Great background information for the best serie that is ever made.
This is very important historical content, should be teasured.
"What are you going to do... pity yourself?" Life. Smack you in the face wisdom for all of us no matter the situation!
Bought tears to my eyes Sir
Loved this movie & Captain Winters have shed many tears they are all now gone 😢 so grateful we all know about 82 nd Airborne
2nd Lt George C. Rice was the character portrayed by Jimmy Fallon in the miniseries. He was the S4 (Supply Officer) for Team Desobry of the 10th Armored Div.
That was a weird casting decision. Instead of noticing the man, I think everybody thought to themselves: "Is that Jimmy Fallon???"
@@texaswunderkind i thought so too the first time I saw that episode. Guessing that Jimmy Fallon was friends with Spielberg and Hanks so they gave him a small but meaningful part. Hope Fallon appreciates that he got to play a genuine hero.
I cannot imagine what sort of person 'dislikes' such a video.
Damn, we need him now...
Our greatest generation period
I'm an old man now that is My favorite series of all time, My father God rests his soul was 15 minutes away from the battle of the bulge As a replacement.
My grandfather was srgt 101st air and served for years 2 purple hearts , when I was a little boy we had a routine on Sunday, church 730am mass , bakery for buns pastry, then the bar. About 1 time a month we went to the piaditrist so pop could get the dead skin cut off his feet from Bastone ,he had frostbite that effected him and man he did not like the cold ! But lived on east end of long island NY anyway . They just don't make men like him anymore
When I was in Korea some higher up decided we needed to go to the field in the middle of winter. The first night the temperature dropped to minus two with a steady north wind which made it feel like twenty below. A third of my company got frost bite and their feet would hurt if the temperature dropped below freezing after that.
God awful stuff. God bless you.
I’m a captain, I was on my hands and knees fighting my guys for the ammo. Gosh that made me laugh so much!
If there is any doubt about the Greatest Generation, just listen to Dick Winters. Courage is the only “safe space”.
Plenty of men in that generation dodged military service, or were overcome with fear. Plenty of Millennials are guarding your freedom as I type this.
There's a line in the mini series re Bastogne and I can't remember who said it but I think it was the guy tricked Sobel into cutting the fence on exercise in England by pretending he was Sink, but someone said "we'll be surrounded and he responded with, _We're paratroops, we're supposed to be surrounded._ Brilliant comeback which I can only imagine is absolutely true.
I gotta read the book and watch the series again. I want to check a memory that there was a British SOE guy there who showed them the easy way to make a foxhole in frozen ground. He fired 6 rounds (he had a Webley) into the ground, then into that small hole went a half stick of dynamite and voilà, instant foxhole in frozen ground.
that was the man himself, Winters
It's Jimmy Fallons character telling Winters himself when they are heading the other direction that they are gonna be surrounded, and Winters then using that line.
I've watched that series about 20 times, atleast once a year, some even twice!
@@alostcosmonaut9064 Thanks. Old age memory sucks. 🤦♂️
@@Jukkzter Thank you. 👍
They were paratroopers, they're supposed to be surrounded, status quo. What a brave breed of men. A salute to all of our brave men and women in uniform!
People today are like the snowflakes in Bastonge. That generation lived tough and got on with it because they had to. As Major Winters says 'are you gonna pity yourself?'. Those few years defined their entire lifetime. We should be glad that most of us can live our lives without even tasting one day of such hardship and fear, and that's because people like them stood up and said no to the crazy guys. Today we panic if we are 'locked down' for a few weeks, and worry about our mental health? Toughen up!
You think these type of men would tolerate being "Locked Down" for a disease with a 99% survival rate?
@@oldmanwinter3597 if it saved the other 1% and let the rest of them get back to normalcy faster? Absolutely.
@@oldmanwinter3597 yes they would.As my father was of that generation but unlike yourself he also wasn’t stupid!
@@johnmulligan7609 Ah yes, name calling, how wonderfully intelligent of you. Not an argument my friend.
Fear not. Those hard times are about to return. Soft men…
There was a brutal cold period. Not only is it hard to comprehend the war itself, it’s hard to imagine a time where the Rhine river is constantly freezing over.
My dad was in the European Theater then. He was trapped behind the line with his squad and took cover in a bombed-out barn. He survived because the Germans ignored a lot of stuff trying to advance "The Bulge" Him and his squad survived to a man.
I would like to ask Major Winters if he knew my friend's dad, Sgt. Stanley Barlow? Stan told us several stories of his experiences at Bastogne. He said, "They called us the battered bastards of Bastogne, and we were".
He’s dead
@@creamymilk So is my buddies dad. RIP, the greatest generation.
Can’t even imagine what they went through. RIP
I like how he says Germans not "nazis"...
Not all American soldiers were Democrats under Franklin Roosevelt. Similarly, not all German soldiers were Nazis under Adolf Hitler.
@@oscargrouch7962 Find me in old chronicle movies showing germany 1933-1945 one person in crowd who dosent "heil" their fhurer....
We salute you o7
Dick Winters.
“ Hang Tough”
To all of our fathers that raised arms to defend the freedom of Humanity; I bestow the blessings of all of the Gods. May you rest in the Heaven your God granted you.
Major 🫡
I don't see how they lived through that, was there one winter, the cold there is literally through the bone (you can feel it ache your bones). They really were the greatest generation..
In addition to the artillery barrages it’s unimaginable.
"We never even thought about surrender......"
And today we are trying to convince 18 year olds to explore which bathroom to use.....
Give it a rest. The two things are totally unrelated. And by the way, the great conservative savior Trump was a yellow-belly draft-dodger.
@@texaswunderkind
Huh? Who said anything about Trump? Did I touch a nerve? Do you get confused about which bathroom to use? If you have a dick use the men’s. If you have a vagina use the women’s. And if you things should be given a rest then put your money where your mouth is and do so yourself.
"You gonna sit there and pity yourself?"
Damn...
HERO
All of Easy Co were true Heroes 🇺🇸
Just the dead ones. Winters would be the first to say that.🙄🤦♂️
We're fortunate to have this series to glimpse what these men sacrificed, witnessed, endured and fought for - for our freedom. But I wonder how many other Units in the Allied forces had similar experiences? For this reason I consider them ALL Heroes!! 👍
Was he talking about the guy played by jimmy fallon in the series? Dropping off ammo?
Surrender? NUTS!
my mates dad was in the ardine with the paras.all he ever told me was it was sooo fuckin cold.
I wish that all my fellow middle schoolers that think being gay is more scary than this would see these
Wish he’d been asked about his thoughts on Sobel .
He talks about it in his memoir the Biggest Brother
Sobel may have been a dick, but he also may have been responsible for their success. His extra training and harsh treatment may have made Easy Company tougher and more cohesive than comparable units. No one prepares a unit for combat by coddling them.
I know the TV series, but when they talk about the movie, which movie are they referring to?
My grandfather received a Purple Heart in Bastogne.. frostbite
When it's cold u cuddle your mates in that hole u dig an no one ever complained
As the old saying goes, if u are surrounded, u can attack in any direction and inflict casualties. I have seen T shirts with Chesty Puller saying "We are surrounded. That simplifies our problem". (Referring to the Chosin campaign). I can't imagine going though that. Few of them had overcoats, just jackets, inadequate socks, few gloves, etc etc. Plus the helmets had to be cold and miserable. And of course BGen McAuliffe's "Nuts!" became a rallying cry.
If I had an officer like Winter when I was in combat I would have been a much better soldier. I’m just being honest
Dude is a badass
Can I purchase this complete interview on a CD?
When we're these interviews made,
Compared to generations today, ( mine included) few men, "make do" without pity, like these men did. It was the status quo. I'm saddened they fought, and died,, for the lack of common sense, hair splitting defining, constantly changing individual," today", that is offended, over the most trivial of issues. Just my opinion.
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Never surrender to evil
Guess he should of had some Canadians with them?!
Because foxhole Norman didn't do his job many men didn't get winter gear.
"What else are you going to tell yourself? That you pity yourself?"
Thank the lord Dick Winters does not have to witness what the Anglo world has become, in 2021.
Dufus comment, re: Patton.
These days it doesn't even snow during most winters in Bastogne due to global warming. 😞
As bad luck would have it, Europe was having one of the most brutally cold winters on record in 1944-45..
This man a superstar pop star or movie star are not stars
"You gonna sit there and pity yourself?"
There you go, victimhood generation...
This is why all HS grads should serve 24 months to appreciate life and not be a spoiled brat
That's nuts. There are only 1.7 million soldiers on active duty today. Your plan would dump an additional 7.4 million high school students into the military. The armed forces couldn't afford to even train or equip all of those people. What would they do with them all?
The United States isn't some tiny little nation like Switzerland or Israel. It doesn't need compulsory service.
"We never talked about surrender, never talked about it never thought about it."
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, so-called 'soldiers' are surrendering, and giving up their country without firing a single round. All while being way better equipped than these men that fought at Bastogne.
Yes , but those “men” in Afghanistan aren’t the same caliber as these Men were-
US soldiers and US Marines in Afghanistan were ordered to withdraw and leave their weapons, ammunition, supplies, and equipment by woke generals who work for Biden and Austin.
@@oscargrouch7962 You realize, of course, that the peace deal with the Taliban was signed by TRUMP, not Biden. Biden was bound BY LAW to complete the withdrawal on the timeline that TRUMP negotiated. Get your facts straight.
No disrespect, but the average temperature was only -7C in Bastogne that winter. That's a t-shirt day here in Saskatchewan in the winter 😉 Ask the Germans in Russia in WW2 about cold. That was similar to our winters...-40C and strong windchills for weeks on end.
Home field advantage in the middle of an ice cold winter is hard to beat, no matter what the circumstances, when Russia is home to the cold, they have all the supplies right there, the enemy does not, so invading any land like that most of the time leads to failure
Napoleon, and Hitler were both beat by it
The significance of Bastogne was that despite the piss poor conditions and low supplies, the American troops stood their ground, until Patton’s reinforcements arrived, Americans are definitely not seasoned to those kind of weather conditions, the odds of victory were definitely in Germanys favor
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Belgium is -16C, living in a country where during winter the temperature regularly drops to -30C I find the "cold" Americans experienced laughable.
It gets down to similar temps of -30c here in Chicago in the winters too but the point you're missing is these guys were out in the open for about a month, with very little winter clothing, wet because of the snow, sleeping on cold ground with very little food and you cant even build a fucking fire to keep you warm. So I think sitting in a heated home saying its laughable is honestly very disrespectful. We bitch about going out to get food or something on those cold nights, these guys slept in a hole in the ground.
Hahaha an have you lived in a fox hole for weeks at a time with out a fire an then, getting shot at an explosion going off too, sorry forgot how hard you have it 😂😂😂
@@Slowaf_co I have been in the Army and spent weeks in a snowy forest in -30C weather if thats what you mean.
@@lukum55were you getting shelled? did you have adequete clothing and toilet paper to wipe your ass with? were your buddies getting killed? nothing the americans experienced in bastogne was "laughable", your comment was pretty damn immature.
@@andre5032 I fail to see how getting shelled and killed has anything to do with temperature, note that my comment was purely on what Americans considered being "cold" is in my experience not very cold at all, at no point did I ridicule or try to diminish the experience of being in combat faced by the Americans. Only immature thing here is you getting upset at something I did not say, hence making me question your ability to read.
Funny how Major Dick Winters fought in Normandy, Market Garden, Bastogne, he supervised the taking of Hitlers Eagles Nest & fought all over Germany; but he left World War2 with ONLY FIVE MEDALS. Yet General Mark Miley (Joint Chiefs of Staff) who has NEVER seen combat, has a chest full of ribbons from his elbow, up to his shoulder blades. How is this right??
(When I was in the Army, we called those types of medals, “Been There” medals.)