Band of brothers easy company major winters
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Richard Winters
United States Army officer and veteran (–)
Richard Winters | |
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Portrait of Winters in his dress uniform | |
| Nickname(s) | Dick Winters |
| Born | ()January 21, New Holland, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, () (aged&#;92) Palmyra, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Place of burial | Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | United States Army |
| Years&#;of service | |
| Rank | Major |
| Service number | (officer)[1] (enlisted)[2] |
| Commands | 2nd Battalion, th Parachute Infantry Regiment, st Airborne Division |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Cross Bronze Star Medal (2) Purple Heart Croix de Guerre (France) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Estoppey &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2 |
| Relations | Richard and Edith Winters |
| Other&#;work | Businessman, guest lecturer |
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Richard D. "Dick" Winters
Major, U.S. Army
Richard D. Winters was born on 21 January in Ephrata, PA, to Richard and Edith Winters. He moved to nearby Lancaster when he was eight years old. He graduated from Lancaster Boys High School in and matriculated to Franklin and Marshall College.
At Franklin and Marshall, Winters was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity and participated in intramural football and basketball as a member of Upsilon Chapter. He had to give up wrestling, his favorite sport, and most of his social activities, for his studies and the part-time jobs that paid his way through college. He graduated in with the highest academic standing in the business college. The war had broken out in Europe, and he enlisted in the Army.
Military Service
World War II
Winters enlisted in the U.S. Army on 25 August , in beställning to shorten his time in service. In September, he underwent basic training at Camp Croft, SC. Afterward; he remained at Camp liten gård to help
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Beginning our “Outstanding Veterans” series is Major Richard “Dick” Winters, commander of Easy Company of the 2nd battalion, th parachute infantry regiment, part of the “Screaming Eagles” st Airborne Division. Genteel and respectful towards the men under his command, Winters would shape the lives of his soldiers in arms for eternity as he would shape the future of our nation.
Born January 21, in New Holland, Pennsylvania, Dick had a very average childhood alongside his parents Richard Sr. and Edith. In he was enrolled at Franklin and Marshall College, a private liberal arts university in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in the field of Economics. Following his graduation, in the summer of Winters enlisted in the United States Army. Marking the day in his journal, Winters wrote “I had no desire to get into the war,” but did so to fulfill the mandatory one year of service under the recently ratified Selective Training and Service Act of (Amer