Richard Davis Winters was an officer of the United States Army and a decorated war veteran. He is best known for having commanded Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Winters parachuted into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, and later fought across France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and eventually Germany. He retired in 1997 and was a regular guest lecturer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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Richard Davis Winters was an officer of the United States Army and a decorated war veteran. He is best known for having commanded Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division. As a first lieutenant, Winters parachuted into Normandy in the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, and later fought across France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and eventually Germany. He was discharged from the Army and returned to civilian life, working first in New Jersey and later in Pennsylvania, where he set up his own company selling chocolate byproducts from The Hershey Company to producers of animal feed. In 1951, during the Korean War, he was recalled to the Army from the inactive list and briefly served as a regimental planning and training officer on staff at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He retired in 1997 and was a regular guest lecturer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point until his retirement in 1997. Winters’ life was featured in a number of books and was portrayed by English actor Damian Lewis in the 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. He died of a heart attack at the age of 89 in his home in New Holland, Pennsylvania, on January 21, 2008. He leaves behind a wife and four children. He also leaves a daughter and a son-in-law, both of whom are active military veterans and live in Pennsylvania. He has a son and a step-son who are both active military members and have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He had a son, David Winters, who served in the Army during the Second World War and died in 2010. He left the Army in 2011 and is survived by his wife and two daughters. He never married or had any children of his own. He served in World War II as a second lieutenant in the parachute infantry and was promoted to first lieutenant in October 1942. He later became a captain in the infantry and served in Vietnam. He wrote a book about his time in the military, “Easy Company: The Story of Dick Winters,” which is published by Simon & Schuster and is available in hardback and e-book versions for $20.99. He passed away in his sleep on December 31, 2013. He will be buried in Pennsylvania with his wife, Edith Winters. He and his family are buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His son, Richard Winters Jr., is a retired U. S. Army officer. He lived with his family in Lancaster. He worked as a chocolate salesman in Pennsylvania until his death in 2010, when he moved to New Holland. He went on to have a successful career as a business consultant and a chocolate company owner in New York City. He received a doctorate in economics from Franklin and Marshall College. In 2012, he wrote a memoir, “Dick Winters: A Life in the Armed Forces,” about his experiences in the war and his experiences as a paratrooper.
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