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No, it's David Andrews.

no it has always been in Episode 10

Damn that's a good spot, Winters is doing well to hide all these things going on in his head.

My Dad was a WW2 Marine in the South Pacific then recalled and sent to Korea. I’m a Marine Vietnam veteran myself. My Dad, he was a truly remarkable Man.

The best leaders are; in fact, anti-war!

It's a shame he never became a General. With more Generals like him the last 80 years would've been a lot better.

There's no more anti war group of people than those who have fought them

He sounds like an admirable man who was dealing with his trauma on his own time. Sometimes its a watch, sometimes it's a smell. You prefer going without being reminded.

@@RensuneGenerals are the ultimate company men. That wasn’t Dick Winters.

*"Great men do not seek power. They have power thrust upon them."* - Kahless, Founder of the Klingon Empire

Patton, Eisenhower….Winters.

Yes

@@russelljohnson7067 No it isn't. It is the CG of the 13th Airborne Division, MG Eldridge Chapman

Oops my bad

The video is 13 years old.....

I thought the same. Funny that.

Pvt Hall

"cowboy"

Pfc Halls. First man Winters met on the ground. From Able Co. but volunteered to join them for the Brecourt Manor Assault

Guy from the 82nd, killed by a mine

No, it was not rude. He just said if he want stars and he wanted to earn that through combat he just told him it was not necessary because he done enough to warrant a star

It's a good question...probing to see what Winters actually wants. I am sure he had plenty of candidates itching to get that combat experience to pave the way to their promotions and career path. Here is a man who isn't interested in that...and the response to the question shows it.

It's actually quite clever. Assessing if he is going in there for the promotion (and by extension seeing if he is in there for the career) or for some other means. Just imagine if the answer for Winters was "Yes, I want some stars." The tip "you don't need more combat experience for that" would be very helpful.

It's not that rude. Winters advanced from Lieutenant to Major extremely quickly. It wouldn't be surprising if that's what he wanted if you didn't know him personally.

Then you clearly misunderstood what he said, he said he has already done enough to warrant stars

every time? how many times?

Yes the General - Major General (2 Stars) Macaliff I believe, he was not like those WWI general where body counts did not matter,. Then when the General stood up first, not normal, again showing respect for Winters efforts.

The Star wasn't a rank insignia but a way to tell what nationality that you were. the star being American. But since you ask, it has happened a few times in history. The most notable being General Custer at the age of 21. it was later "clarified" to be a brevet promotion instead of a battlefield promotion.

@@JK-tn4xp I think the general mentioned "need more combat experience to get a star on the helmet" he meant promotion instead of nationality and earlier he said "get your own division"

He meant if he made the military a career. Winter's pretty much let the general know that he had no intention of making the army a career and just wanted to save some lives. Most of the officers that were as highly decorated as Winters were at least Colonels and mostly Generals of one sort or another. But they were mostly higher ranks in Korea and Vietnam not in WW2.

I took it to mean his eventual rank-- that if Winters planned to make the Army a career he would naturally aim to make General some day. The interviewer (Frank Borman from the series "From The Earth To The Moon" no less!) mentions this-- he says "because if you think you need more combat to get stars on your helmet you've done enough...". The implication was that if Winters made the Army a career, he could hope eventually to achieve the rank of General through normal career progression/promotion without have to transfer to get more combat time on his record.

To get to General you have to plan that out from at least major. At least in today's military.

Nuancolar Winters applied for a transfer to another unit so that he could go directly to the Pacific. The commanding officer agreed to meet out of respect, like he said, but ended up denying his transfer. He basically said that if he does go, he'll go with his own men. Personally, I think the commanding officer was aware of how much combat Winters had seen and was trying to save him.

Winters goal was to head to the Pacific. The General wanted to know why.

The General probably wondered why an officer would want to transfer out of a battalion where his men loved him so... In Winters' own words in the opening interviews of "The Breaking Point", he says, "I've seen death. I've seen my friends, my men, getting killed. It doesn't take too many days of that, and you change dramatically."

As others have mentioned, he took the meeting out of respect. Rather than a denial through channels, the general extended a courtesy to Winters because of his accomplishments and granted a face to face interview.

Also he made sure himself it wasn't out of an (even unnecessary) possibly career-move on winters side.

If you ever post that video, do you mind if I video tape that video of you video taping his video of a video on his TV?

Daniel Cannata no. if it was General Taylor he would have the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagle SSI. he has the golden Unicorn. that's 13th airborne.

General Elbridge Chapman.

Ahh. Thank you guys.

XxSirderekxX He says son, not lieutenant.

He says lieutenant, His official rank was lieutenant and i think battlefield promotions dont count when you return to the camp. (my guess)

@@o5-380 he says "let me tell you something, son"

@@lolookphor im pretty sure he says lieutenant. Just listen with higher volume

@@o5-380 he doesn't, just listen with higher volume.

Thanks for that. I love Band of Brothers but was never really sure who he was.

Thanks verymuch, I specifically searched trying to see which Division that Major Winters had applied to transfer to, you answered the question perfectly. Much appreciated.

⁠@@Ser_Arthur_Dayne of the 5 US airborne divisions of WW2 (11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd and 101st), 13th was last to be combat ready (Jan 1945) and so has not been sent for combat jump. The 13th was first to be assigned to he invasion of Japan.

@@yatsumleung8618 Thanks very much brother

Philip Watson Shooting a boy soldier no matter how justified by war would be a miserable memory to carry for life.

The thousand yard stare

That German soldier was not planning to surrender. At first, it appears that he thought it was another German. Then, he realized it was an American. Plus, there was a freaking battalion off to the right. If Winters tried to take that boy prisoner, he'd have been shot by the others.