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作者: B20_hk 時間: 10-1-2011 11:32 標題: Dick Winters, of 'Band of Brothers' fame, dies

Dick Winters, the former World War II commander whose war story was told in the book and miniseries “Band of Brothers,” has died.

Dick Winters led a quiet life on his Fredericksburg farm and in his Hershey home until the book and miniseries “Band of Brothers” threw him into the international spotlight.

Since then, the former World War II commander of Easy Company had received hundreds of requests for interviews and appearances all over the world.

He stood at the podium with President George W. Bush in Hershey during the presidential campaign in 2007. He accepted the “Four Freedoms” award from Tom Brokaw on behalf of the Army. He was on familiar terms with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, producers of the HBO mini-series, the most expensive television series ever produced.

Winters was always gracious about his new-found celebrity, but never really comfortable with it. He never claimed to be a hero and said that he had nothing to do with the national effort to get him the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military honor.

When people asked him if he was a hero, he liked to answer the way his World War II buddy, Mike Ranney, did.

“No,” Ranney said. “But I served in a company of heroes.” That became the tag line for the miniseries.

In an interview shortly before the miniseries debuted, Winters said the war wasn’t about individual heroics. The men were able to do what they did because they became closer than brothers when faced with overwhelming hardships.

They weren’t out to save the world. They hated the blood, carnage, exhaustion and filth of war. But they were horrified at the thought of letting down their buddies.

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Winters and his troops from Easy Company, 506th regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, parachuted behind enemy lines to take on a German artillery nest on Utah Beach. Winters made himself a promise then that if he lived through the war, all he wanted was peace and quiet.

His company fought through the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of a death camp at Dachau and to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest at Berchtesgaden.

The war described in “Band of Brothers” is ugly, but the young men developed character under fire, Winters said. He was glad the miniseries showed war realistically, not either glorified or demonized as in so many movies.

He wanted people to understand that success in war depends not on heroics but on bonding, character, getting the job done and “hanging tough,” his lifelong motto. In combat, he wrote 50 years after the war, “your reward for a good job done is that you get the next tough mission.”

When the war ended, Winters kept his promise to himself. He married Ethel, bought a bucolic farm in Fredericksburg, raised two children and worked in the agricultural feed business. He didn’t talk about the war until the late historian Stephen Ambrose wanted to put Easy Company’s exploits on paper.

Following the miniseries, Winters turned down most requests for interviews because he said he didn’t want to appear like he was bragging.

But he did feel the story of Easy Company was an important one, especially for young people. He was more likely to accept invitations by local school groups and spent time with students at Cedar Crest High School, among others. A talk he gave at Palmyra Middle School drew hundreds of spectators.

People who knew Winters during and after the war said he is exactly what he appears to be. He could lead without ever raising his voice or swearing. His friend Bob Hoffman, a Lebanon architect, said Winters’ eyes could “burn a hole right through you.”

The men who served under him and people who only met him later in life call him a hero, no matter what he says.

According to the book, one wounded member of Easy Company wrote Winters from a hospital bed in 1945, “I would follow you into hell.”

He received a standing ovation from 500 veterans when he spoke at the dedication of the Army’s Military History Institute in Middlesex Township in September.

When President Bush was in Hershey in April, he called Winters “a fine example ... for those brave souls who now wear our nation’s uniform.”

Ambrose, the author of “Band of Brothers,” said in a 2001 BBC interview that he hopes young people say. “I want to be like Dick Winters.”

“Not necessarily as soldiers, but as that kind of leader, that kind of man, with basic honesty and virtue and an understanding of the difference between right and wrong,” Ambrose said.

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'We salute the rank, not the man'.
Today we salute the man.
RIP Major Winters

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作者: hktropper 時間: 10-1-2011 11:34

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原帖由 B20_hk 於 10-1-2011 11:32 發表
Dick Winters, the former World War II commander whose war story was told in the book and miniseries “Band of Brothers,” has died.

Dick Winters led a quiet life on his Fredericksburg farm and in ...

R.I.P..........

作者: nishi 時間: 10-1-2011 11:38

RIP
Read his autobiograhpy before, really inspiring.
His way of leadership is just AWESOME.

作者: 阿堅 時間: 10-1-2011 11:55

RIP

作者: Paul 時間: 10-1-2011 12:29

RIP

作者: seamoncheng 時間: 10-1-2011 13:20

RIP

作者: esceddie1 時間: 10-1-2011 14:55

RIP

作者: Pvt.King 時間: 10-1-2011 17:08

《Old solders never die, they just fade away.》

Rest in peace...

作者: sam524 時間: 10-1-2011 17:13

R.I.P.

作者: Rager 時間: 10-1-2011 17:20

Rest in peace

作者: 冥亞帝．劍 時間: 10-1-2011 17:24

R.I.P Hero

作者: derek_lok 時間: 10-1-2011 19:44

RIP

作者: B20_hk 時間: 10-1-2011 20:53

看過Band of Brother後,我覺得好似曾經和他一起打仗

作者: 冥亞帝．劍 時間: 10-1-2011 20:55

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原帖由 B20_hk 於 10-1-2011 20:53 發表
看過Band of Brother後,我覺得好似曾經和他一起打仗

完全同感，佢果種天生既Leadership簡直令人

作者: kimkileo 時間: 10-1-2011 21:03

Major Winters RIP......

作者: RYODLi 時間: 10-1-2011 21:16

Rest in peace, Major Dick Winters…

作者: RX7 時間: 10-1-2011 21:24

RIP

作者: Davis 時間: 10-1-2011 21:30

RIP

作者: tinyau1134 時間: 10-1-2011 21:57

R.I.P.

作者: johnnylau2010 時間: 10-1-2011 22:56

RIP

作者: 主人 時間: 11-1-2011 01:41

RIP

作者: ohnavi 時間: 11-1-2011 17:51

RIP

作者: typhooncat 時間: 12-1-2011 10:22

RIP

作者: Merkatz 時間: 12-1-2011 13:48

Rest in peace...

作者: herrick-chang 時間: 13-1-2011 09:46 標題: 溫斯特少校逝世

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate ... _inspired_band.html
雷霆傘兵中所描寫的真實主角溫特斯少校於2011年1月2日逝世於 Campbelltown

R.I.P

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作者: ranger_hk 時間: 13-1-2011 10:40

RIP

作者: 小子M 時間: 13-1-2011 10:51

R.I.P

作者: B20_hk 時間: 13-1-2011 11:01

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作者: paulen 時間: 13-1-2011 11:35

RIP

作者: herrick-chang 時間: 13-1-2011 11:41 標題: 回覆 4# 的帖子

o.........
sorry

作者: Vindicator 時間: 13-1-2011 13:14

R.I.P

作者: SSPSU 時間: 13-1-2011 13:17

溫斯特??
Winters~

作者: gtoray 時間: 13-1-2011 13:40

posted
RIP

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作者: daniel999 時間: 13-1-2011 15:03

RIP

作者: johnnylau2010 時間: 13-1-2011 17:23

rip

作者: pz6666 時間: 13-1-2011 18:04

RIP.....

作者: 衰人 時間: 13-1-2011 18:13

R.I.P

作者: sumist 時間: 13-1-2011 18:47

向一代美國真正英雄致敬,致哀!

作者: jackson1233 時間: 13-1-2011 18:55

R.I.P

作者: Luna_Andrew 時間: 13-1-2011 19:39

RIP

作者: larrygiggs11 時間: 13-1-2011 20:05

R.I.P, hero!!!

作者: msz006 時間: 13-1-2011 20:36

R.I.P

作者: wan1996 時間: 13-1-2011 22:14

R.I.P.

作者: wan1996 時間: 13-1-2011 22:15

R.I.P.

作者: holee619 時間: 13-1-2011 23:21

R.I.P.

作者: NuWL 時間: 13-1-2011 23:46

R.I.P.

作者: TROY 時間: 18-1-2011 17:12

RIP

作者: airbone173 時間: 19-1-2011 22:53

R.i.P.

作者: workshop_swt 時間: 20-1-2011 22:40

rip.................

作者: esceddie1 時間: 20-1-2011 22:43

一代二戰英雄

作者: bem911 時間: 24-1-2011 16:25

R.I.P

作者: rho837 時間: 25-1-2011 12:04

R.I.P

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