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Dick Winters, of 'Band of Brothers' fame, dies


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.
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RIP Major Winters. A true American hero. :sad:
 
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WolverineMike;1853585; said:
I got the BluRay set for Christmas. Will have to watch an episode tonight in memory. RIP
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Make sure you watch with the commentary from the WWII vets on. There are some amazing things revealed in there. It is also amazing that most of the things in the blu ray are how it went down, and to listen to them talk about it with the movie in the background is amazing. Especially the part where winters runs up on the batallion of nazi's sitting around.
 
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I grew up spending a month or so in Luxembourg every couple of summers visiting family. My mother grew up in Lux during the German occupation. As a result, I've visited Bastogne, as it was only a 40-minute car ride away, more times than I can count. It's always been a special place for me and a part of my trips that I've insisted be repeated every time I visit as an adult.

To have had the opportunity to enjoy BoB as well as walk through the battle fields has been an incredible experience. If you ever have the chance, there is a Battle of the Bulge museum in Bastogne that is totally worth a day-trip to see.

Dick Winters was a heck of a man... they all were. RIP, sir.
 
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sparcboxbuck;1853764; said:
I grew up spending a month or so in Luxembourg every couple of summers visiting family. My mother grew up in Lux during the German occupation. As a result, I've visited Bastogne, as it was only a 40-minute car ride away, more times than I can count. It's always been a special place for me and a part of my trips that I've insisted be repeated every time I visit as an adult.

To have had the opportunity to enjoy BoB as well as walk through the battle fields has been an incredible experience. If you ever have the chance, there is a Battle of the Bulge museum in Bastogne that is totally worth a day-trip to see.

Dick Winters was a heck of a man... they all were. RIP, sir.
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It's one of my life goals to go to have a trip to Europe based on WWII history.

If any of you are into reading WWII books and haven't read the book Ghost Soldiers I highly recommend checking it out.
 
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