Dick Winters passes on

[The_Assimilator]

More coverage from CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/10/obit.dick.winters/index.html?hpt=C2

When he landed he discovered he'd lost his "leg bag," the satchel carrying all his weapons, when he jumped out of the plane.

He was behind enemy lines on the most decisive day of World War II with nothing but a knife.

"I later discovered that in our small contingent from Easy Company, we all lost our leg bags and ended up using whatever weapons he could scrounge," Winters wrote in his memoirs. "This was a hell of a way to begin a war."

A true hero, true warrior, and true badass. If only there were more men like him, perhaps this world wouldn't be in such a sorry state.

RIP, soldier.

 

[ponder]

A true hero, true warrior, and true badass. If only there were more men like him, perhaps this world wouldn't be in such a sorry state.

You do realise not one of them wanted to be there, they hated everything about the war, like most soldiers do.

 

[zizo911]

R.I.P May he never be forgotten