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the-seed-of-europe: fuckyeahhistorycrushes: This, my friends, is Major Richard “Dick” D. Winters; peace-loving and easy tempered man who grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, paid his own way through college, and then enlisted in the US Army to serve his country becoming one of the greatest  BAMFs of the 20th century.  He not only help train “Easy” Company during WWII, he gained the respect he deserved by working his ass off beside each and every one of them even though his rank would have permitted him to do otherwise. He was a talented leader and a damn good strategist. In his first conflict, which also happened to D-Day, he was unable to find 90% of his company and still managed to 4 German Artillery Cannons. West Point now teaches this as an example of an assault on a fixed position. Winters was awarded the Distinguished Services Cross and has had multiple runs at the Congressional Medal of Honor. It doesn’t stop there. This bad ass did everything. He took part in Operation Market Garden, Bostogne, the Battle of the Bulge, faught his way through Barvia, and captured Berchtesgaden. He thought about going to the Pacific but the war ended before he was able.  When Korea came around, Winters was re-enlisted and trained officers for a while until he got bored. He volunteered for Ranger School. As he was being deployed, he was pulled out and officially retired.  He got married, had kids, and got himself a farm. Happy with the simple things, Dick Winters lived a quiet life after military career. He died this year, on January 2nd, of Parkinson’s.  A hero and a bit of a looker, I’m surprised he hasn’t been up here before.  What did I tell you about chiseled cheekbones and saving the world? Great american hero right here. I did not know he passed..

the-seed-of-europe:

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

This, my friends, is Major Richard “Dick” D. Winters; peace-loving and easy tempered man who grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, paid his own way through college, and then enlisted in the US Army to serve his country becoming one of the greatest  BAMFs of the 20th century. 

He not only help train “Easy” Company during WWII, he gained the respect he deserved by working his ass off beside each and every one of them even though his rank would have permitted him to do otherwise. He was a talented leader and a damn good strategist. In his first conflict, which also happened to D-Day, he was unable to find 90% of his company and still managed to 4 German Artillery Cannons. West Point now teaches this as an example of an assault on a fixed position. Winters was awarded the Distinguished Services Cross and has had multiple runs at the Congressional Medal of Honor.

It doesn’t stop there. This bad ass did everything. He took part in Operation Market Garden, Bostogne, the Battle of the Bulge, faught his way through Barvia, and captured Berchtesgaden. He thought about going to the Pacific but the war ended before he was able. 

When Korea came around, Winters was re-enlisted and trained officers for a while until he got bored. He volunteered for Ranger School. As he was being deployed, he was pulled out and officially retired. 

He got married, had kids, and got himself a farm. Happy with the simple things, Dick Winters lived a quiet life after military career. He died this year, on January 2nd, of Parkinson’s. 

A hero and a bit of a looker, I’m surprised he hasn’t been up here before. 

What did I tell you about chiseled cheekbones and saving the world?

Great american hero right here. I did not know he passed..

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