What is Richard Winters?
'''Richard Winters''' (21 January 1918 — 2 January 2011) was a [[US]] soldier who fought in [[World War II]]. His experience was made famous by a book and television series, ''Band of Brothers''.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/us/11winters.html?_r=1 |title=Richard Winters, 92, Leader of ' Band of Brothers' in War |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 January 2011 |location=[[New York, NY|New York]] |issn=0362-4331 |accessdate=16 July 2011}}</ref> Winters was a member of Company E, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, [[101st Airborne Division]]. He led the company after the commanding officer was killed on [[D-Day]] in [[Normandy]].<ref name=nyt/> Near the end of the war he led his company to capture [[Adolf Hitler]]'s mountain retreat in [[Bavaria]], [[Berchtesgaden]]. he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] and a [[Purple Heart]].<ref name=nyt/> After the war he worked in a plaster mill in [[New Jersey]]. In 1951 he bought a farm in [[Pennsylvania]] and established an animal feed business. In 1990 Winters was interviewed by author Stephen Ambrose who was able to use the records that Winters and others in E Company had written for his book.<ref name=nyt/> The title ''Band of Brothers'', comes from a line in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play, ''Henry V''.<ref name=nyt/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Winters, Richard}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2011 deaths]] [[Category:Military people from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Purple Heart recipients]]