Good-bye to a Hero

[Woodsheal]

Dick Winters of the "Band of Brothers" has passed on:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theloo...pphu-container

[Lallans]

May he rest in peace- may we appreciate his sacrifice.

[tulloch]

Thanks for the link. What a guy. What a time.

[Whidbey78]

Though it was said of the men in a different theater of operations it still applies to him and all who were there: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue."

[BoldHighlander]

Thank you Brian for passing this sad news along. The "Greatest Generation" lost another great one.

Just recently (last November) another of the Band of Brothers, Lt. Buck Compton, made a surprise stop in my town on a book signing. Unfortunately I found out about it too late.

Anyhow, I salute Dick Winters & all the others of the "Greatest Generation", past & present, who faced evil & made the world safe (even if for just a little while). Thank you.

[Bob C]

I'm glad he got to see his story become so widely known.

[nloken]

The world is truly a lesser place after his passing. From the little we see of Winters himself in BoB, he did seem like quite a remarkable man!

[Downunder Kilt]

Lest We Forget

[Bill aka Mole]

Let us not mourn the passing of the man, rather let us rejoice that men like him were there when needed!

R.I.P Major Winters!

[Nick the DSM]

It's an honor for us to know his story.