Dick Winters dead at 92

[JohnnyMack]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOVG9Vtb1o43Vg8kLQR6zGkXywdw?docId=9cf8ba523 0954407a3c0a2167c7acfc2

:(

[MsProudSooner]

I have a very short list of 'Heros', but he is on it. RIP Major Winters. Thank you for your service and thank you to Stephen Ambrose for telling the story of the Band of Brothers.

[Veritas]

We lost one of the best examples of the Greatest Generation last week. This guy was one of the good ones.


Richard "Dick" Winters, the Easy Company commander whose World War II exploits were made famous by the book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers," died last week in central Pennsylvania. He was 92.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/10/band-brothers-inspiration-dies-age/

[C&CDean]

Dude, no offense, but the numbskull known as JohnnyMack already beat you to the punch.

[fadada1]

He is the reason the word "Hero" was created. A true American in every sense of the word - humble, confident, born leader.... there simply aren't enough positive words to describe him.

Having never known combat, this is the type of man I would want leading me should it have ever happened.

Rest In Peace, Mr. Winters - the world is a better place because of you.

[olevetonahill]

R.I.P. My brother

[2121Sooner]

I love hero's

Don't be a dick in a dead hero thread.

[sappstuf]

"We're not lost Private. We are in Normandy."

[2121Sooner]

I love hero's

Don't be a dick in a dead hero thread.

Whatever......

[ouwasp]

I'm glad Ambrose brought this man to our attention.

[stoopified]

RIP Sir

[Okla-homey]

http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab7/Okla-homey/Hang-Tough-Bastogne-1944_b.jpg

[instigator]

Just saw this on my reader. Maj Dick Winters is one of the best leaders of men I have ever read about. What a terrific example of the greatest generation.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-sy-110110-winters.photoblog900.jpg

[SunnySooner]

RIP, and thank you. :(

[Turd_Ferguson]

RIP. Thank you for telling your story that has become one of my favorites.

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

RIP. Great American hero

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Major Winters, thank you for your service, may you rest in peace...

[C&CDean]

Airborne! All the Way!

[olevetonahill]

Airborne! All the Way!

Heh, CIB ;)

[MR2-Sooner86]

He is truly one of the great ones. He will be missed.

RIP

[MrJimBeam]

No amount of social engineering could produce a man like Dick Winters. Only free societies have heros like this. That's why the Nazis and Japs had no chance.

[picasso]

"We're not lost Private. We are in Normandy."

"We're paratroopers, we're supposed to be surrounded."

[jumperstop]

Just finished the Band of Brothers book and it was excellent. I had seen the series more times than I can count, but just now got around to reading it. I couldn't seem to put this book down. I don't know if it was because of the "connection" I felt from seeing the series so many times, but would really like to read other similar books. I know that Ambrose has some similar stuff, but if you guys have any other book ideas I would be open to suggestions. I still can't believe how good a book it was, goes into so much more detail than the miniseries. People like Winters and the rest of Easy company are true heros, realized even more so after reading about them.

[GDC]

The oldest living Easy vet died recently...

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110220/NEWS01/702209890/1113

[SicEmBaylor]

Just finished the Band of Brothers book and it was excellent. I had seen the series more times than I can count, but just now got around to reading it. I couldn't seem to put this book down. I don't know if it was because of the "connection" I felt from seeing the series so many times, but would really like to read other similar books. I know that Ambrose has some similar stuff, but if you guys have any other book ideas I would be open to suggestions. I still can't believe how good a book it was, goes into so much more detail than the miniseries. People like Winters and the rest of Easy company are true heros, realized even more so after reading about them.

I've been a huge WWII buff my entire life. I think I've read virtually everything out there on the subject. Ambrose (ethical issues aside) is fun to read because he knows how to make history into a good story. If you haven't read his full D-Day book then you definitely should. Pegasus Bridge is also a great one. The Cornelius Ryan books are great.

Carlos D'Este has the absolute best biography of Patton. His work on Eisenhower is also good, but it's the Patton biography that's so phenomenal. He's also written a few general accounts of D-Day.

Finally, I would pick up the collected volumes of Winston Churchill's War Memoirs. I read the entire thing the summer after my 8th grade year on a road trip to Florida. It was so good that I wasn't nearly as interested in the beach as I was staying in the hotel room and finishing those memoirs.

[SicEmBaylor]

There are also some pretty good books from the other side of the fence. Heinz Guderian's autobiography "Panzer Leader" is a fantastic read as is "Panzer Commander" from Col. Hans Von Luck.

A really fantastic one that should be required reading is Gen. Manstein's memoirs, "Lost Victories." It gives one of the best accounts of the war that I've read although the book is highly highly technical and almost painfully detailed.

[picasso]

Just finished the Band of Brothers book and it was excellent. I had seen the series more times than I can count, but just now got around to reading it. I couldn't seem to put this book down. I don't know if it was because of the "connection" I felt from seeing the series so many times, but would really like to read other similar books. I know that Ambrose has some similar stuff, but if you guys have any other book ideas I would be open to suggestions. I still can't believe how good a book it was, goes into so much more detail than the miniseries. People like Winters and the rest of Easy company are true heros, realized even more so after reading about them.

His book was a great read on the 506th:

http://davidkenyonwebster.com/

[jumperstop]

I've been a huge WWII buff my entire life. I think I've read virtually everything out there on the subject. Ambrose (ethical issues aside) is fun to read because he knows how to make history into a good story. If you haven't read his full D-Day book then you definitely should. Pegasus Bridge is also a great one. The Cornelius Ryan books are great.

Carlos D'Este has the absolute best biography of Patton. His work on Eisenhower is also good, but it's the Patton biography that's so phenomenal. He's also written a few general accounts of D-Day.

Finally, I would pick up the collected volumes of Winston Churchill's War Memoirs. I read the entire thing the summer after my 8th grade year on a road trip to Florida. It was so good that I wasn't nearly as interested in the beach as I was staying in the hotel room and finishing those memoirs.

I really like how Band of Brothers reads like a story. I'm for sure going to read more of Ambrose's stuff. And I heard about Winston Churchill's memoirs when I was in college. Professor said it was good and that we should look into them. Too busy reading stuff for that class to read it at the time though.

[jumperstop]

The oldest living Easy vet died recently...

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110220/NEWS01/702209890/1113

Thanks for the link

[boomermagic]

RIP SIR !

[GKeeper316]

I've been a huge WWII buff my entire life. I think I've read virtually everything out there on the subject. Ambrose (ethical issues aside) is fun to read because he knows how to make history into a good story. If you haven't read his full D-Day book then you definitely should. Pegasus Bridge is also a great one. The Cornelius Ryan books are great.

Carlos D'Este has the absolute best biography of Patton. His work on Eisenhower is also good, but it's the Patton biography that's so phenomenal. He's also written a few general accounts of D-Day.

Finally, I would pick up the collected volumes of Winston Churchill's War Memoirs. I read the entire thing the summer after my 8th grade year on a road trip to Florida. It was so good that I wasn't nearly as interested in the beach as I was staying in the hotel room and finishing those memoirs.

ever read anything W.E.B. Griffin wrote? mostly about the marines in WW2, but still good.

[MsProudSooner]

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/0739319698

[The Profit]

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is excellent.

http://www.amazon.com/Unbroken-World-Survival-Resilience-Redemption/dp/0739319698




Great book. I agree. Also, read the old Ernie Pyle books from WWII. He wrote about both the European and Pacific theaters of battle, although his time in the Pacific was cut short by a Japanese bullet through the head.

[picasso]

Great book. I agree. Also, read the old Ernie Pyle books from WWII. He wrote about both the European and Pacific theaters of battle, although his time in the Pacific was cut short by a Japanese bullet through the head.

I've got his book and the movie about his service:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038120/