01-12-2011, 07:54 AM
BoB, of course, was fiction and mythologised the soldiers, but from seeing Dick Winters interviewed, his atitude, and reading about him factually, he was every bit an admirable soldier and Officer and Gentleman, in the best sense.
I salute such a Man. RIP.
I salute such a Man. RIP.
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
