Sunday, January 9, 2011
"WE SALUTE THE RANK, NOT THE MAN." BUT IN THIS CASE, WE ALSO SALUTE THE MAN: Dick Winters, who as a young First Lieutenant on D-Day led a group of 13 men in disabling a German artillery battery at Brécourt Manor, and who went on to become a Major, acting Commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, and the principal hero of Band of Brothers, has passed away. I know little about the man other than what I saw in Band of Brothers, but the reverence he commanded from his soldiers in their talking-head interviews is telling, and Damian Lewis's soft-spoken, thoughtful portrayal of his war in BoB is one of the high points in an HBO history full of high points.
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I like the Ambrose quote mentioned in the article about hoping young people watch/read Band of Brothers and think "I want to be like Dick Winters." Damn straight. The miniseries portrays Major Winters as a man of such integrity and leadership, and those qualities are even more evident in Ambrose's book and Maj. Winters' own memoir. He's definitely one of my heroes.
ReplyDeleteI like the Ambrose quote mentioned in the article about hoping young people watch/read Band of Brothers and think "I want to be like Dick Winters." Damn straight. The miniseries portrays Major Winters as a man of such integrity and leadership, and those qualities are even more evident in Ambrose's book and Maj. Winters' own memoir. He's definitely one of my heroes.
ReplyDeleteI like the Ambrose quote mentioned in the article about hoping young people watch/read Band of Brothers and think "I want to be like Dick Winters." Damn straight. The miniseries portrays Major Winters as a man of such integrity and leadership, and those qualities are even more evident in Ambrose's book and Maj. Winters' own memoir. He's definitely one of my heroes.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry for the triple post. I'm glad I closed my browser, or apparently it would have been worse.
ReplyDeleteIf there was ever a man who deserved to rest in peace it's Major Winters.
ReplyDeleteYou can only compare such men with today's losers and weep.
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