These are men in their 70s and 80s talking about a man in his mid 20s. They've had 50+ years of life and they still remember how incredible Winters was when he was a young man. He really made his mark on history, not many men can really say that.
Lots of officers were quickly promoted during ww2. Due to casualty rates but also they needed experienced men at decisive positions fast. Eisenhower went from Colonel to General of the Army in 3 years. This only happens during wartime and after war, most ranks were revoked
He should have received the Medal of Honor too but couldn’t because of a rule that only one man from each company could get one and they gave it to someone else
@@jonathanfrazier6970 There were also the factor that he just never over exaggerate his achievement, to a point that some might think he is intentionally downplaying his role. But to be honest, if the man think his DSC is already adequate and the man in suits interviewing him were convinced to think so, who else were to argue with?
@@aurelienfora3382 I'm Irish and my sister is married to a French guy and they live 14km outside ST LÓ. I've been camping to Normandy several times, been to Brécourt, Carentan, Bloody Gulch, all the beaches, museums,cemeteries and I've been up to the Somme battlefields as well. Last year we were at the Lorient Uboat pen and brittany area. We were suppose to go to St Nazaire this year but Covid 19 stopped that. Hopefully next year. We love France.
@@72mossy Those are all places I have on my bucket list to see. Happy for you that you have been there and experienced those hallowed grounds. Maybe one day I can get there too...
After seeing Band of Brothers, I am committed to modeling my leadership after Winters. I have heard in the past about "Servant Leadership", where you do the things that even the lowest of positions do. Winters is definition of servant leadership. We need more leaders like him in this world.
@@JDXSWINDON And how exactly was he disrespected you idiot? People leave posts on these videos because they are widely respected. Where do you get off making that assumption?
"If you're a leader, you lead the way. Not just one the easy ones, you take the though ones too." I feel that the soldiers that where under his command should've felt invincible at his side. Image the sight of a man that appears not to be scared of anything (he was, but not showing it, of course). You would think "at the side of this man, nothing wrong can happen to me". Imagine how inspiring that could have been. A true iron man. I'm from Argentina, but this man really inspires me.
"If you're a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones, you take the tough ones too." Goddamn right Dick, that's what BEING A LEADER IS. Talk about bosses in every job... all they know is to yell orders. You want something done? Start by being an example and working side by side with those you're commanding!
The official motto of the U.S. army infantry branch for over 200 years has been and still is "follow me." Officers who do not live up to that motto have no business commanding infantry troops in the field, and perhaps have no business being officers period. The job of a leader is to lead, not to issue orders from some safe zone behind the lines; to provide an example to emulate, not to live in cushy luxury while the troops they command suffer privations. Nobody had to explain to Dick Winters what "follow me" means.
@@WalkaCrookedLine That explains why the life span of junior officers i.e. Lieutenants in combat (especially Vietnam) was extremely short. I read they had the highest casualty rates.
Was saddened to hear that this great man was summoned for his final roll call. It was men like him that won the war for one simple reason. They entered the fray bearing some of the most powerful weapons known to man, Courage, Honour, Compassion, & Humility. To maintain these weapons in an environment where it is so much easier to pick up, Cruelty, Atrocity, Persecution & Indifference is a testament to a character that can never be defeated. May Major Winters enjoy the Peace he has earned.
That was a wonderful tribute to a great man and immaculately written. Dick Winters was, is and always will be one of the very rare men who deserve the overused appellation of “hero”. Thank you for saying what I couldn’t improve upon.
"Winters: [quoting from a letter Mike Ranney wrote to him]: I cherish the memory of a question my grandson asked me the other day, when he said: 'Grandpa, were you... a hero in the war?' Grandpa said, "No. But I served in a company of heroes." Well, Major Winters, your modesty and humility are unneeded, for you are and always will be a true hero. May you rest in peace with the brethren and fellow heroes that you fought beside so long ago. Stands Alone.
I was saddened by the passing of Maj. Richard (Dick) Winters. The study of WWII is a big part of my life, and those like Maj. Winters is an inspiration to my life. To inspire people you have never met is a life led that most rarely ever reach. My prayers are with his Family, and those that served closely with him. May those that have gone before him greet him with...CURRAHEE!!!
Rest in Peace friend. For there is no anger where you are, there is no war, and there is no fear. You have left a tremendous impression on the youth of this nation, and the men who fought beside you. rest easy.
I’ll never forget watching this series for the first time. I won’t spoil anything just in case, but at the end of the show it was so emotional and I just had to know more about Dick Winters. I googled him and he had passed away that day. I don’t know why, but that felt weird, like I just learned his story the day he was gone. Amazing man.
Winters was a great leader. . . . of other great men. Let us never forget the men who were there with him, many of them every step of the way. I think that there are more great men just like him that we will never hear or read about. Great people are great where ever and when ever they are. Winters life and the accounting of it reminds us of that.
Listening to these men talk reminds me of what someone once said to me of the Revolutionary period in our history: “People will rise to the occasion.” I take comfort in that, these men are certainly prime examples.
Hard times breed hard men. They'd survived the Great Depression before the war, many had enlisted to escape poverty and famine and to bring wages home to their families. The extra $50 a month that the Easy Company men mention elsewhere in the interviews for joining the Airborne would have gone a long way to seeing their parents, siblings, wives and children fed. The only reason we say men today are not as tough is because they have not been bred in tough times. But tough times are coming, and I believe that the strong moral sense that many people today feel deeply will stir great courage when the need for courage arrives.
My favourite was always the way he got mad at Buck about playing poker with the men. "Never put yourself in a position where you can take from these men"
The fact that he didn't even want to go to war like so many other young men at the time did. He just wanted to fulfill a 1 year service requirement to avoid being drafted later. Then he went on to be on the best tactical field commanders of the war, maybe even one of the best in all of American history.
Winters was a true leader; he was strict but compassionate, he made rational decisions under fire, he led by example and from the front, he genuinely cared for and understood his men. I would follow an officer like Winters into hell and gladly fight by his side anyday. Winters was an exceptional combat leader. And is humbling to know that Winters was just one man in an amazing war effort and generation of men that rose to the challenge. I like to believe that each company in every battalion has a leader like Winters and story to tell.
A verse of scripture comes to mind when I listen to these men talk about the Major......."If you try to save your life you'll lose it, but if you're willing to lose your life, you'll save it"
In the original series these clips of interviews with the survivors didn't carry captions identifying them, until the last episode. Wynn's clip was right at the end of the final episode. Winters' identity hadn't been revealed in those clips. I had a feeling which one he was, because there was something about his clips that suggested his identity to me. I recall Wynn's reaction, and his straight-to-camera look down the lens, as though he was saying "No-one has measured up since...Could you?" Winters didn't rate himself above the men, but he knew he held rank over them, so he was responsible to them, for their safety, for their well-being. I suspect he always took his responsibilities seriously; a great leader wears the same clothes as his/her subordinates, but has different things to think about. He/she wears insignia of rank, but never refers/uses the insignia in company to suggest his/her superiority. His/her actions and conduct prove it, and he/she is respected for that.
@@mansourbellahel-hajj5378 most of the time give my thumb up to the ideas that Leadership is the matter someone born with it or it's something to do with inheritance. How on earth an officer with more than five ranks depending on him fails to lead even to train himself on leadership. LEADERSHIP is more than a class materials
God bless Major Winters and all the men who followed him. We are all so much better to have had such a long period of time on this Earth with such a hero. RIP Major. Thank you all for your sacrifice.
Documentaries such as "Band of Brothers" should be required content for all schoolrooms. Amazing teachings; something you simply can't capture by reading a few chapters in a book. Spielberg and Hanks managed to bring the viewer into the trenches with Easy Company...and we caught a glimpse of a true icon in Winters and his men (boys) who absolutely defined the word 'hero'. Dick Winters was respected by his men for good reason. The world lost an epic hero when he died.
to the men of the 101st airborne and easy company. not forgetting all the unspoken deeds that went unnoticed by those who are buried and are still alive. RIP
Whats amazing is that these men are talking about things that happend 50 years ago and what Winters did as a man in his 20's. To hear an 80 year old man talk about the actions of a 20 something LT is powerful.
When I saw this, on wikipedia, it shocked me. I mean really shocked me. I couldn't believe it but at 92 and with all that he done I'd say good innings, wouldn't you?
MOH seems only to have been awarded to reckless sobs with no regard for their own life, or guys who were given reckless orders by reckless or inept COs but somehow succeeded. from what I've read on the subject, you didn't get it for being a smart, responsible commander like winters.
I don't necessarily agree with that. Most of the MOH recipients I've studied, especially ones from WWII, won their medal by displaying acts of heroism against extreme odds or saving the lives of their men. It doesn't really have anything to do with recklessness per say, it's more about taking an initiative, regardless of rank or position, that somehow turned the tide or changed the outcome of a potentially disastrous situation. Ergo, "going above and beyond the Call of Duty".
Ever since Band of Brothers aired, there has been a groundswell of support to award Maj. Winters the Medal of Honor. A bill was introduced in the late 2000s, but it died in subcommittee.
Well....because they were Para's they were already behind enemy lines....outnumbered and outgunned. They took four artillery positions at Brecourt where they were outnumbered, then they defended Carentan, the Crossroads, and Bastogne. No....I'd say Winters should have gotten it, along with a few of his men.
Absolutely. He had a great life and was happy. I wasn't saying that I was sad to see him go, he'd lived his life, I was just mad that the news didn't report it. However, from what other commenters have since told me, he actually WANTED there to be no publicity and a quiet ceremony, so never mind. Ol' Dick, humble to the end, huh?
Winters never expected anything of his men that he wasn't willing and able to do himself. THAT'S what made him an effective and incredible leader. They'd have followed him into hell, and with good reason.
they did that on purpose. So, as you watch it, you feel unease at who might be killed. If they put the name in the beginning you would know they survived.
That is one of the most epic war Reenactments, I have ever witnessed, I feel a sense of guilt that I did not go to Vietnam but my number was 360 out of 365, I think my own mother would have shot me, God-bless those boys, The past and present, Those band of brothers, They shed a lot of blood.
thanks to these soldiers sometimes with heroic deeds... who fought for us, we had the rebirth from tyranny! Fascist and Nazi in Europe. your sacrifice will remain engraved in the stone of freedom. THANK YOU U.S STATE, from Tuscany ITALY , my name's GUIDO
The first time I watched this series through, I thought these were random veterans from WW2 talking about their own experiences that were similar to or near the events of the episode. It wasn't until they told you who everybody was IRL that I realized they were talking about the episode. Sometimes I can be really dumb.
They should have labeled each man as he talked. I’ve seen it twice and half way through the third, and I still can’t remember who is who. Well, I know Wild Bill Guarnere!
Do you wanna know something? I am from germany and heroes dying is never on TV here. I feel so god damn ashamed for it, that i cannot but get into rage when i see repots about some pointless drug abusing celebrity star´s death, and then it says "the world is in deep grief...", no man sorry but i dont pity these guys. It´s rather a shame that people don´t get to know those stories that are worth being told to children and generations after them
These are men in their 70s and 80s talking about a man in his mid 20s. They've had 50+ years of life and they still remember how incredible Winters was when he was a young man. He really made his mark on history, not many men can really say that.
The term “a man among men” seems fitting
You know Emil Fischer don't you?
Reminds me of "tree in forests"
we should all try and be a little like winters each day
He was promoted three times in one campaign and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, so his talent was indeed recognized to a great extent.
and he hated being away fron the front lines..he wanted to be with his men. these men really are the greatest generation
Lots of officers were quickly promoted during ww2. Due to casualty rates but also they needed experienced men at decisive positions fast. Eisenhower went from Colonel to General of the Army in 3 years.
This only happens during wartime and after war, most ranks were revoked
He should have received the Medal of Honor too but couldn’t because of a rule that only one man from each company could get one and they gave it to someone else
@@jonathanfrazier6970 There were also the factor that he just never over exaggerate his achievement, to a point that some might think he is intentionally downplaying his role. But to be honest, if the man think his DSC is already adequate and the man in suits interviewing him were convinced to think so, who else were to argue with?
-probably will never again see US vets command as much respect and renown as these WWII vets did :(
"I don't know how he survived...... But, he did". These words, spoken with admiring disbelief, says it all.
I live in N. Georgia, so every time that I drive by Currahee Mtn., I can't help but think of Maj. Winters and Easy Co. RIP Maj. Winters.
foreveralive have you run the mountain?
i m french and i m stay home in normandy and when i walk near brecourt i remembering these heroes thanks guys
@@aurelienfora3382 I'm Irish and my sister is married to a French guy and they live 14km outside ST LÓ. I've been camping to Normandy several times, been to Brécourt, Carentan, Bloody Gulch, all the beaches, museums,cemeteries and I've been up to the Somme battlefields as well. Last year we were at the Lorient Uboat pen and brittany area. We were suppose to go to St Nazaire this year but Covid 19 stopped that. Hopefully next year. We love France.
@@72mossy Those are all places I have on my bucket list to see. Happy for you that you have been there and experienced those hallowed grounds. Maybe one day I can get there too...
@@aurelienfora3382
Thanks for sendin' Lafayette and his ships to help with the redcoats.
After seeing Band of Brothers, I am committed to modeling my leadership after Winters. I have heard in the past about "Servant Leadership", where you do the things that even the lowest of positions do. Winters is definition of servant leadership. We need more leaders like him in this world.
This is evident in ancient western history with examples of Hannibal, Alexander and Caesar.
He really is a great example of an excellent leader, listen to Jocko Willink break down Winters’ leadership qualities
Amen to that observation!
@Only PU - totally agree with you. Too much ‘what’s-in-it-for-me’ culture in this world. I hate that. My key words are ‘integrity’, ‘honour’, ‘duty’.
@@magnificentmuttley2084 I would only add “caring “. As he cared for and took care of his men.
When the last guy says, "I don't know how he survived, but he did."
"Popeye" Wynn who the Major had a great deal of respect for & called a "killer".
Yes. That look on Popeye's face. Said it all.
His names Robert “Popeye” Wynn show some respect
@@JDXSWINDON And how exactly was he disrespected you idiot? People leave posts on these videos because they are widely respected. Where do you get off making that assumption?
@@JDXSWINDON dude he doesn't know his name so he said this guy.
"If you're a leader, you lead the way. Not just one the easy ones, you take the though ones too."
I feel that the soldiers that where under his command should've felt invincible at his side. Image the sight of a man that appears not to be scared of anything (he was, but not showing it, of course). You would think "at the side of this man, nothing wrong can happen to me". Imagine how inspiring that could have been. A true iron man. I'm from Argentina, but this man really inspires me.
We owe so much to these Men.
"If you're a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones, you take the tough ones too."
Goddamn right Dick, that's what BEING A LEADER IS. Talk about bosses in every job... all they know is to yell orders. You want something done? Start by being an example and working side by side with those you're commanding!
Amen.
The official motto of the U.S. army infantry branch for over 200 years has been and still is "follow me." Officers who do not live up to that motto have no business commanding infantry troops in the field, and perhaps have no business being officers period. The job of a leader is to lead, not to issue orders from some safe zone behind the lines; to provide an example to emulate, not to live in cushy luxury while the troops they command suffer privations. Nobody had to explain to Dick Winters what "follow me" means.
@@WalkaCrookedLine That explains why the life span of junior officers i.e. Lieutenants in combat (especially Vietnam) was extremely short. I read they had the highest casualty rates.
R.I.P. Winters. Without you, a lot of the men in this video wouldn't of survived.
Respect!
We treat the room as if its a chamber, filled with poison gas.
Was saddened to hear that this great man was summoned for his final roll call. It was men like him that won the war for one simple reason. They entered the fray bearing some of the most powerful weapons known to man, Courage, Honour, Compassion, & Humility. To maintain these weapons in an environment where it is so much easier to pick up, Cruelty, Atrocity, Persecution & Indifference is a testament to a character that can never be defeated.
May Major Winters enjoy the Peace he has earned.
That was a wonderful tribute to a great man and immaculately written. Dick Winters was, is and always will be one of the very rare men who deserve the overused appellation of “hero”. Thank you for saying what I couldn’t improve upon.
@@michaelmccauley648 I have second that, Michael. Excellent tribute brilliantly articulated. May the great man's soul enjoy eternal rest.
Absolutely loved the way you worded this. Your writing is good enough to be said at this man's funeral.
One of the greatest men to ever live
"Winters: [quoting from a letter Mike Ranney wrote to him]:
I cherish the memory of a question my grandson asked me the other day,
when he said: 'Grandpa, were you... a hero in the war?' Grandpa said, "No.
But I served in a company of heroes."
Well, Major Winters, your modesty and humility are unneeded, for you are and always will be a true hero. May you rest in peace with the brethren and fellow heroes that you fought beside so long ago.
Stands Alone.
It's an understatement to say we don't have that kind of leadership today.
nonsense, the question is do we have enough
This man should've been a president!!!!! True qualitys of an excellent leader!!!!
I was saddened by the passing of Maj. Richard (Dick) Winters. The study of WWII is a big part of my life, and those like Maj. Winters is an inspiration to my life. To inspire people you have never met is a life led that most rarely ever reach. My prayers are with his Family, and those that served closely with him. May those that have gone before him greet him with...CURRAHEE!!!
The amount of wisdom here is not to be underestimated.
As the years pass and they slowly fade away, the veterans of WW2 will never be forgotten.
Rest in Peace friend. For there is no anger where you are, there is no war, and there is no fear. You have left a tremendous impression on the youth of this nation, and the men who fought beside you.
rest easy.
Well said
Wonderful
Awesome. Important to have documented these stories. RIP.
Major Richard "Dick" D. Winters (January 21, 1918 - Forever in our hearts and minds)
God Bless you sir and those you served with.
He had to survive. He had a girl back at home who was waiting for the D
@@johnrobinson1762
Dude, how fucking crass can you be?
I’ll never forget watching this series for the first time. I won’t spoil anything just in case, but at the end of the show it was so emotional and I just had to know more about Dick Winters. I googled him and he had passed away that day. I don’t know why, but that felt weird, like I just learned his story the day he was gone. Amazing man.
"I don't know how he survived. But he did". Heroes live forever.
He is now rest in the peace! Thank him for serving with us! God bless him and his family! RIP Major Winters.
When you want to find about someone who is a leader, dont ask his boss, ask the people who worked for him
True point.
Winters was a great leader. . . . of other great men. Let us never forget the men who were there with him, many of them every step of the way. I think that there are more great men just like him that we will never hear or read about. Great people are great where ever and when ever they are. Winters life and the accounting of it reminds us of that.
R.I.P. Major Winters, your service shall never be forgotten.
Listening to these men talk reminds me of what someone once said to me of the Revolutionary period in our history: “People will rise to the occasion.” I take comfort in that, these men are certainly prime examples.
Winters and Speirs must have been as tough as steel!!
Don't forget Lipton. Heck, just about all of the Non-Coms.
Hard Men those days
Tougher
Hard times breed hard men. They'd survived the Great Depression before the war, many had enlisted to escape poverty and famine and to bring wages home to their families. The extra $50 a month that the Easy Company men mention elsewhere in the interviews for joining the Airborne would have gone a long way to seeing their parents, siblings, wives and children fed.
The only reason we say men today are not as tough is because they have not been bred in tough times. But tough times are coming, and I believe that the strong moral sense that many people today feel deeply will stir great courage when the need for courage arrives.
@@EyebrowsGaming Todays men in the US and other countrys are nothing more than spoiled brats. They take everything for granted.
My favourite was always the way he got mad at Buck about playing poker with the men. "Never put yourself in a position where you can take from these men"
I can easily understand why Winters and his generation are called. The Greatest Generation.
Ladies and gentlemen...great men who had the privilege to serve under a great leader.
God, I love that ending :)
R.I.P. hero, thank your for librating Europe and the Netherlands.
When someone says, "Follow me~!", it also means, "I'll take the lead~!".
That's why the person is called a "leader".
Thank you for your service and sacrifice MAJOR!
The fact that he didn't even want to go to war like so many other young men at the time did. He just wanted to fulfill a 1 year service requirement to avoid being drafted later. Then he went on to be on the best tactical field commanders of the war, maybe even one of the best in all of American history.
Thank you for your service!
Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?’ Grandpa said, “No. But I served in a company of heroes.”
Yeh, we saw the clip.
I wish I had been one of the people to be given the honor to say this line and motto.
Currahee!
RIP Major, you will never be forgotten.
Winters was a true leader; he was strict but compassionate, he made rational decisions under fire, he led by example and from the front, he genuinely cared for and understood his men. I would follow an officer like Winters into hell and gladly fight by his side anyday. Winters was an exceptional combat leader. And is humbling to know that Winters was just one man in an amazing war effort and generation of men that rose to the challenge. I like to believe that each company in every battalion has a leader like Winters and story to tell.
A verse of scripture comes to mind when I listen to these men talk about the Major......."If you try to save your life you'll lose it, but if you're willing to lose your life, you'll save it"
A wonderful group of Men. We live in a free country (who knows for how much longer) because of these Men. May their memory endure forever.
Damn democrats
@@bananasplit_9614 Absolutely!
"A Republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin
We're losing it. More and more every day.
@@bananasplit_9614 Get fucked loser
I love Popeye Wynn’s pause after asking his question about how Dick Winters survived
In the original series these clips of interviews with the survivors didn't carry captions identifying them, until the last episode. Wynn's clip was right at the end of the final episode. Winters' identity hadn't been revealed in those clips. I had a feeling which one he was, because there was something about his clips that suggested his identity to me. I recall Wynn's reaction, and his straight-to-camera look down the lens, as though he was saying "No-one has measured up since...Could you?" Winters didn't rate himself above the men, but he knew he held rank over them, so he was responsible to them, for their safety, for their well-being. I suspect he always took his responsibilities seriously; a great leader wears the same clothes as his/her subordinates, but has different things to think about. He/she wears insignia of rank, but never refers/uses the insignia in company to suggest his/her superiority. His/her actions and conduct prove it, and he/she is respected for that.
@@malcolmnicholas5931 he was reminded of his position every letter he wrote to the family of those that died under his command. a lot of letters.
Buck Compton quote about leadership is the best quote I ever heard in my entire life.
I agree, It keeps rolling over my head since I knew it. It inspires on decision taking and greatest Leadership spirit.
@@cmallpeter4596 yes leadership doesn't needs a master class or any certification but it is euther born with it or takes life training to handle it.
@@mansourbellahel-hajj5378 most of the time give my thumb up to the ideas that Leadership is the matter someone born with it or it's something to do with inheritance. How on earth an officer with more than five ranks depending on him fails to lead even to train himself on leadership. LEADERSHIP is more than a class materials
Watched the show recently. Well done Easy Co!! Well done!
As much as I tried, I'll never understand like Winters, I guess some men really are born for leadership.
Immense respect. Wished I could have served under you.
- From an NCO from Singapore.
God bless Major Winters and all the men who followed him. We are all so much better to have had such a long period of time on this Earth with such a hero.
RIP Major. Thank you all for your sacrifice.
Documentaries such as "Band of Brothers" should be required content for all schoolrooms. Amazing teachings; something you simply can't capture by reading a few chapters in a book. Spielberg and Hanks managed to bring the viewer into the trenches with Easy Company...and we caught a glimpse of a true icon in Winters and his men (boys) who absolutely defined the word 'hero'. Dick Winters was respected by his men for good reason. The world lost an epic hero when he died.
to the men of the 101st airborne and easy company. not forgetting all the unspoken deeds that went unnoticed by those who are buried and are still alive. RIP
I have so much respect for these guys.
I graduated first in my class in Sergeant school and we were taught his example. Believe it or not
Man was an amazing leader and got his hands dirty unlike most of them. Most sit in a safe place and give orders. I bet he is an amazing Chess player
He is a true hero, thank's for his sevice
God bless e co. God bless our troops god bless America and to E co. CURAHEE
Thank you for your service, Maj Winters. You'll be missed.
Whats amazing is that these men are talking about things that happend 50 years ago and what Winters did as a man in his 20's. To hear an 80 year old man talk about the actions of a 20 something LT is powerful.
"I don't know how he survived...
...but he did."
After watching the miniseries a few time you feel that you know them
When I saw this, on wikipedia, it shocked me. I mean really shocked me. I couldn't believe it but at 92 and with all that he done I'd say good innings, wouldn't you?
Is a shame Major Winters never received the MOH. None more deserved.
MOH seems only to have been awarded to reckless sobs with no regard for their own life, or guys who were given reckless orders by reckless or inept COs but somehow succeeded. from what I've read on the subject, you didn't get it for being a smart, responsible commander like winters.
I don't necessarily agree with that. Most of the MOH recipients I've studied, especially ones from WWII, won their medal by displaying acts of heroism against extreme odds or saving the lives of their men. It doesn't really have anything to do with recklessness per say, it's more about taking an initiative, regardless of rank or position, that somehow turned the tide or changed the outcome of a potentially disastrous situation. Ergo, "going above and beyond the Call of Duty".
Ever since Band of Brothers aired, there has been a groundswell of support to award Maj. Winters the Medal of Honor. A bill was introduced in the late 2000s, but it died in subcommittee.
Well....because they were Para's they were already behind enemy lines....outnumbered and outgunned. They took four artillery positions at Brecourt where they were outnumbered, then they defended Carentan, the Crossroads, and Bastogne. No....I'd say Winters should have gotten it, along with a few of his men.
Winters doesn't need a medal of honor, his name is already legendary without it.
Absolutely. He had a great life and was happy. I wasn't saying that I was sad to see him go, he'd lived his life, I was just mad that the news didn't report it. However, from what other commenters have since told me, he actually WANTED there to be no publicity and a quiet ceremony, so never mind.
Ol' Dick, humble to the end, huh?
Are any of these great men still with us?? 💙
No
Thinking of you this morning sir
And all who gave so much
Mg Essex England
Winters never expected anything of his men that he wasn't willing and able to do himself. THAT'S what made him an effective and incredible leader. They'd have followed him into hell, and with good reason.
Real leaders are a very rare thing.
God Bless Major Richard Winters
R.I.P.
He was...Mr. Lewis did a fantastic job in portraying him.
Richard Winters. Humble to the end.
what the band of brothers show missed was putting the name of the soldiers when they were talking
they did that on purpose. So, as you watch it, you feel unease at who might be killed. If they put the name in the beginning you would know they survived.
@@oldskoolfattieg this makes no sense because even in the last episodes the names are not put in front of them
R.I.P. Dick Winters a true hero, a true American, a true person.
He is one of the best indeed. But he also has a Distinguished Service Cross, which is the second highest award. So he's not that underrated.
Rest In Peace Major Winters!!! CURAHEE!!
I just read this on Yahoo. Rest in peace.
Such a great man
"I don't know how he survived............but he did." That pretty much says it all.
Rest in peace to all the heroes lost in war ✌️.
We need people like Dick winters right now
That is one of the most epic war Reenactments, I have ever witnessed, I feel a sense of guilt that I did not go to Vietnam but my number was 360 out of 365, I think my own mother would have shot me, God-bless those boys, The past and present, Those band of brothers, They shed a lot of blood.
thanks to these soldiers sometimes with heroic deeds... who fought for us, we had the rebirth from tyranny! Fascist and Nazi in Europe. your sacrifice will remain engraved in the stone of freedom. THANK YOU U.S STATE, from Tuscany ITALY , my name's GUIDO
R.I.P. A true American hero.
He led from the front, that's why he's earned his respect from his men. Which is not easily earned
The first time I watched this series through, I thought these were random veterans from WW2 talking about their own experiences that were similar to or near the events of the episode. It wasn't until they told you who everybody was IRL that I realized they were talking about the episode.
Sometimes I can be really dumb.
They should have labeled each man as he talked. I’ve seen it twice and half way through the third, and I still can’t remember who is who. Well, I know Wild Bill Guarnere!
Rest in Peace, hero.
We stand alone. Together.
Currahee, Major Winters.
Currahee! We owe you one.
RIP MAjor Winters
So Long Major
God bless Easy company
Dick was a chad and I really don't know how he dragged those massive balls all across Europe. I'm glad he got to live a long life.
R.I.P Sir.
It can`t be trained it`s a character type, the role of the army is to recognise these men and promote them, simple as
@Dirtdart505 wow i can't express how perfect is your comment
"join your brothers in heaven" this line brought tears in my eyes
Do you wanna know something? I am from germany and heroes dying is never on TV here. I feel so god damn ashamed for it, that i cannot but get into rage when i see repots about some pointless drug abusing celebrity star´s death, and then it says "the world is in deep grief...", no man sorry but i dont pity these guys. It´s rather a shame that people don´t get to know those stories that are worth being told to children and generations after them
Incredible man
Happy D-day anniversary
After I graduate high school I'm going to join the US Army and become an Airborne MP
Winters was the GOAT. He was the kind of man I’d follow into Hell.
How do you give this a thumbs down? "CURRAHEE"
I come back 4 years later not a sausage sorry you melts hey major winters and you band off brothers xxxxxx