CMH for Major Dick Winters (Band of Brothers

F50LRRP · Post by **F50LRRP** » January 27th, 2008, 6:00 pm

Here is an on-line petition to have Major Winters DSC upgraded to the MOH. Major Winters was a platoon leader in the 101st ABN, who became acting company commander when landing at Normandy in WWII.

He was featured in the "Band of Brothers" TV series.

http://www.petitiononline.com/Winters/petition.html[url]

RLTW,

Mike

PocketKings · Post by **PocketKings** » January 28th, 2008, 6:47 am

The only reason he didn't get it was because they gave one to LTC Cole (1-502) and they didn't wan't to give out more than 1 per operation.

BTW - the link didn't work.

BruteForce · Post by **BruteForce** » January 28th, 2008, 8:42 am

Here's the URL:

http://www.petitiononline.com/Winters/petition.html

WildBill · Post by **WildBill** » January 28th, 2008, 8:47 am

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GSXRanger · Post by **GSXRanger** » January 28th, 2008, 10:32 am

#25901

PocketKings · Post by **PocketKings** » January 28th, 2008, 11:34 am

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Ranger Ron · Post by **Ranger Ron** » January 28th, 2008, 3:07 pm

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RGR_Dan · Post by **RGR_Dan** » January 28th, 2008, 10:35 pm

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McD · Post by **McD** » January 29th, 2008, 4:36 am

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KeyserS175 · Post by **KeyserS175** » January 29th, 2008, 10:21 pm

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SkyShark · Post by **SkyShark** » February 1st, 2008, 12:46 am

#26072

Horned Toad · Post by **Horned Toad** » February 1st, 2008, 6:11 am

OK I am going to be the voice of lone dissent here. He was judged at the time by those familiar with that war. I would doubt that with all that man has done he really cares one way or another. To judge those acts by todayâ€™s TV generation and then have mostly civilians of whom most have not been in the military decide who gets what is not the way it works. Desert Strom was a perfect example of how not to give out medals.

Chiron · Post by **Chiron** » February 1st, 2008, 6:23 am

I haven't been able to get in... some "forti guard..."

PocketKings · Post by **PocketKings** » February 1st, 2008, 6:25 am

Like I said, others have stated that he would've gotten it at the time, but they had already awarded LTC Cole his and they didn't want to give out anymore (especially to officers). This is from 2 sources, the official 101st history (sitting in my guest bathroom, BTW) and the bio on Winters (Biggest Brother). Winters was put up for it then and the Cole decision was the lone reason they didn't give it to him. They did the whole media blitz on Cole with him re-enacting his bayonet charge and mugging it up. People liked him because he was dashing and a LTC Battalion Commander. Winters was a quiet country boy, not exactly media material.

Winters, of course, didn't really care. Cole was killed a few days after getting his CMH. He was a gung-ho guy who got a lot of troops killed, and that's what killed him. Winters, as we all know, was more of a tactician.

I personally don't think part of the criteria for one guy should be because another got it. That's like denying that SEAL Monsoor a MoH because Murphy just got one. Two totally unrelated engagements and both deemingly deserving of the metal.

I guess that's how they were given out back in WWII, however.