Talk:Richard Winters

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Contents 1 Photo 2 Disambig 3 West Point? 4 Good Conduct Medal 5 105 or 88mm

[edit] Photo

The article is on a real person, not an actor. Does anyone have a non-copywrighted image of Mr. Winters we can replace the current one with? (USMA2010 16:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Disambig

I'm not so sure renaming this article from "Richard D. Winters" to "Richard Winters" was a good move. By using the middle initial, it was more unique. Disambiguation would not be needed. This change already caused most links to be manually updated. Beanbatch 6 July 2005 01:45 (UTC)

[edit] West Point?

The assault itself is still studied at military academies as an example of small unit tactics.

So do we have a real reference for this? I know BofB mentions it, but it would be great if someone could find a reference to the Brecourt Manor assault in a West Point textbook, or some online manual. Beanbatch 17:27, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

My friends brother went to West Point and the last time I talked to them I asked him, and he said it is briefly shown in a massive tactics unit and is drawn by the Professor on a whiteboard, no textbook references.

65.95.232.95 00:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good Conduct Medal

The article states that Winters recieved the Good Conduct Medal, but that is an award for enlisted men only. Winters entered the Army as an officer, and as such could not have gotten this medal. I am removing it, but if anyone has a reference for it, please cite it here and re-insert it. --rogerd 21:36, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Enlisted in the Good Conduct Medal page is referring to anyone, officers included. They wouldn't make it just for enlisted men, it's stupid, because then they'd have to create an officer version aswell.

65.95.232.95 00:54, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't matter if YOU think it's stupid or not. The U.S. Army's Good Conduct Medal is given ONLY to enlisted personnel. Maj. Winters entered the army as a private, and therefore was eligible to receive the award. ThinksSheKnowsEverything 23:30, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I am currently reading Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Maj. Dick Winters and Winters entered the U.S. Army as a Private upon graduating college in 1941. He coul have also earned the medal before he went to OCS. --wdsailors, January 2006

In 1943, the required period of "continuous enlisted active Federal military service" was reduced to one year while the US was at war (three years at all other times). [1] It's not clear to me whether officers are eligible, but I believe so. --Habap 20:58, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 105 or 88mm

Weren't the german guns firing on the causway known as 88's i.e 88mm? Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 18:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

No, they were 105mm howitzers. However, most Allied soldiers called any large calibre weapon firing at them an "88" out of ignorance. Every tank was often called a "Tiger" as well despite its actual nomenclature or configuration, due to the reputation both weapons had gained out of proportion to their actual numbers.Michael Dorosh 18:39, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Out of ignorance? I do not think so Michael. It's just a shorthand way of referring to this types of weapons without complicating the issue. Ignorance is the wrong word entirely. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sasquatchuk (talk • contribs).