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Richard 'Dick' Winters - Part 2 Arrival At Camp Toccoa (Band of Brothers Untold)
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- čas přidán 17. 06. 2024
- This is part 2 of Richard Winters Journey to War. Part 1 covered Winters joining the army and becoming a 2nd Lieutenant prior to his joining the 506th at Camp Toccoa.
Part 1 - • Richard 'Dick' Winters...
The one thing that few people bring up or discuss is that the average High School graduate (1930’s), was probably in better shape than we give credit. We also don’t realize that working with lineman was a character builder, cutting grass a work ethic starter. These are things that many young people don’t participate in. Again a pure pleasure watching your work. Dick Winters did a interview where he gave thanks to the Lord for surviving the first day and asked for a mere piece of land if he survived the war,(there’s more but you need to watch). That short segment portrayed him better than any movie or book. As a veteran and student of this generation this made me break down in tears. Your work brings back so sweet memories.
Thank you that is much appreciated.
Just did the annual Currahee run/walk (80th anniversary for D-day) 3 miles and 3 miles back. That thing kicks serious ass.
Lucky you.
dick winters was heavily romanticized by that book and show. they make him out to be an angel. After hearing from other easy company's testimony on the war, not everyone was so fond of him.
Would you care to elaborate...?
6:29 There's another photo from Georgia of Winters (again shirtless) standing with two other older-looking and flabbier men in uniform. Winters' caption was "I'm standing with a couple of guys who didn't make it."
Great video series. There are a few ways to pronounce Toccoa and I think you covered them all in this installment. 😉
Thanks. Yes thankfully we will be moving away from Toccoa Lol
This and Part I were great videos. Love the additional insight into Dick Winters and the 506th. My father was a member of the reconstituted 101st in Germany in the late fifties. I didn't follow him into the Infantry but served in MI in the Army (in Germany) in the early eighties.
Thanks for your (and your dads) service. There will be another 5 or 6 of these videos in the series.
I cant believe you said the Blue Mountains..."Blue Ridge Mountains' son. I say Son
That came from Winters Himself. All of the place names in this series comes from his mouth.
Without your comment no one would know.
Really enjoying this series. Thank you for sharing.
Great channel! You are creating a growing army of followers who appreciate your efforts in filling in the gaps unavoidably left by the limited episodes in the series BAND OF BROTHERS.
Thanks mate, you were one of the first here.
@@War_And_Truth I’m glad I stumbled across your channel. My late uncle was an associate professor of Australian history. He was a fascinating person to listen to during after dinner chats. Like you, he could impart a tremendous amount of interesting information. You must be working on your channel almost full time?
@@KOHTAOMURDERSDEATHISLAND Well I work 3 days a week and have 2 little kids so many a late night for me.
I should know more about Australian history seeing as I am one. Even military wise I have not researched a lot.
@@War_And_Truth Wow! I assumed you were an American 🇺🇸!! It’s perilous to make assumptions. I was born in Java, grew up in Melbourne but have lived in Perth for over 40 years. That’s right. I’m a living fossil. Where do you live?
@@KOHTAOMURDERSDEATHISLAND I'm in the Clarence Valley (Northern NSW). Perth is a great City, pity its so far away from the East coast.
Another regiment had also trained there which never became famous post war from having been assigned to a forgotten airborne division in the Pacific and still tough Paratroopers. They were the 511th PIR assigned to the 11th Airborne Division. As Paratroopers they were very tough fighting in the jungles of South East Asia and into the Philippines in urban combat in Manila yet form a company during combat to jump and rescue American citizens at Los Banos a combined amphibious and parachute assault and astonishing mission success. I think a movie should be made about these Paratroopers.
I will definitely be covering that regiment in the future.
I'm enjoying the additional insight from your videos. I'd always wished that Band of Brothers has started a little earlier in the story so this fills in some of the backstory nicely.
No problem. I always want to know the before and after and anything that is missed in between.
Very insightful! Please continue
Thank you. There will be 6 or 7 videos in this series.
You are a godsend when it comes to info about these courageous men. Keep up the great work with the entertaining videos!!! 🔥👏
Thank you! Will do!
Love these videos ❤😊
Thank you!!
In at #450 with a 👍. I'm glad you put #2 up. Enjoying these bits of History!
Thank you.
Pls make a video on Lt Meehan at somepoint I feel like nothing is known about him besides his letter he wrote before d-day to his wife. Which I have to say is some damn good writing
Yes he is definitely on my list
The attrition rate was not unusual. My OCS class in 1988-89 started with 200 candidates and graduated 80 officers. And, it was nowhere near as intense as Airborne training!
Sgt Grant presented Colonel Sink with Pint beer at their "getting their Wings' party , guess we never know if it was lager ,? Budweiser or whatever
Likely whatever beer they were drinking at Fort Benning in 1943.
Tuh ko uh
I think I got it right a couple of times in there :P
Whilst Dick was training, both my grandfather's were in combat. Whilst Easy was training both my grandfather's were in a theatre of war. Whilst easy was having it's passes revoked, stuka were dive bombing one of my grandfather's and the other was dealing with UXBs. Whilst Easy were jogging, both my grandfather's were running into danger. Whilst Easy were lounging in England, one of my grandfather's had developed tuberculosis from all the dead bodies and disease and the other was still clearing UXBs. By the time Easy saw combat one of my grandfathers had recovered enough to join the landing force and the other was still dealing with UXBs. Once Easy had completed 5 days of combat, they had (all together) almost reached the same service as my grandfather's. My grandfather's served in more theatres than Easy company ever did and fought more armies than Easy company ever did. Easy was an elite US Army unit.. we all know how poor the common units were.
You sound a little salty
Product recognition, both positive and negative takes but a moment. Irritating ads place a product on the negative list forever. Insulting political ads that are anti-American...
I'm not even in the states so political adds mean nothing to me,
Why do so many comments come from user names that are name1234 formatted?
I'm not sure
Myself been ex military and I thought we had it tough. Nowhere near to what these soldiers did.
@@joshkarena3058 They went through a lot before they even got to war. And then they all suffered from PTSD after it.