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Dick Winters dies; WWII hero commanded “Band of Brothers”

guillee:

Dick Winters, a decorated Army officer whose World War II service was recounted in the best-selling book and HBO mini-series “Band of Brothers,” died Jan. 2. News reports listed his age at 92.

[…] Mr. Winters, who separated from the Army at the rank of major, and his men fought together through D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge and later occupied Adolf Hitler’s mountainside retreat, the Eagle’s Nest, near Berchtesgaden.

A charismatic officer who led by example, Mr. Winters received the Distinguished Service Cross, the country’s second highest decoration for valor, while conducting combat operations on D-Day.

Rest in peace.

This man was true hero.

dailyme: Eighteen year old Rifleman Craig Wood, from Doncaster, United Kingdom, participates in a remembrance ceremony under the Menin Gate in Ieper, Belgium, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009. Rifleman Wood was wounded in Afghanistan by a bomb and is one of only three triple amputees who have survived the war. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) The world, especially Americans, needs to see more pictures like this.  I’m not saying it’s OK to exploit disabled veterans, but when people start to criticize the president for being hesitant to send tens of thousands more troops off to war, they should perhaps stop for a second and consider exactly how heavy a decision it is.

dailyme:

Eighteen year old Rifleman Craig Wood, from Doncaster, United Kingdom, participates in a remembrance ceremony under the Menin Gate in Ieper, Belgium, Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009. Rifleman Wood was wounded in Afghanistan by a bomb and is one of only three triple amputees who have survived the war. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

The world, especially Americans, needs to see more pictures like this.  I’m not saying it’s OK to exploit disabled veterans, but when people start to criticize the president for being hesitant to send tens of thousands more troops off to war, they should perhaps stop for a second and consider exactly how heavy a decision it is.