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- Who is Major Dick Winters? Richard Winters lived an extraordinary life, so much so that his unit, the Easy Company, would be the focus of the JBO television series Band of Brothers. After being named the commander of his company on D-Day, he led many successful operations and was heralded as being everything that a commanding officer should be.
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Major Richard D. Winters, a resident of Hershey, PA, died on 2 January 2011, at an assisted living facility in nearby Campbelltown, PA. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years.
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Jan 2, 2011 · MAJ Richard Davis “Dick” Winters. World War II and Korean War US Army Officer. He served as the commander of Easy Company (Company E), 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division, and the stories of he and his comrades were featured in the 2001 HBO television mini-series Band of Brothers, based on the ...
Jan 11, 2011 · Richard Winters, the commanding officer of Easy Company, the Army unit whose gritty combat from the beaches of Normandy to the capture of Hitler’s mountain retreat was recounted in the book and...
Jan 11, 2011 · Maj. Richard "Dick" Winters, shown in a Sept. 22, 2002, photo, died Jan. 2 in central Pennsylvania, a family friend confirmed Monday. He was 92. Winters' quiet leadership was chronicled in...
On January 2, 2011, retired Major Richard Winters, who rose to command of Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and beyond during World War II, died three weeks shy of his 93rd birthday.
May 27, 2024 · He was the commanding officer of Easy Company, the Army unit whose story was told in the book and HBO series “Band of Brothers.” To commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Stars and...
May 16, 2024 · Army Maj. Richard D. Winters served during World War II. A 12-foot-tall bronze statue of him now stands where he first landed in France during the war.
