Major Dick Winters

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Band_of_Brothers
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:Purple_Heart
gptkbp:biography gptkb:Beyond_Band_of_Brothers
gptkbp:birth_date 1918-01-21
gptkbp:children gptkb:1
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Easy_Company
gptkbp:death_date 2011-01-02
gptkbp:education gptkb:Franklin_and_Marshall_College
gptkbp:famous_quote “ We are all in this together.”
“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
“ Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
“ The mission is what matters.”
“ You lead from the front.”
gptkbp:has_units gptkb:506th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Major Dick Winters
gptkbp:influence Military tactics
Leadership training
Paratrooper training
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Stephen_E._Ambrose
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:military_leadership
gptkb:veterans
Historians
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Commanding_Easy_Company
gptkbp:legacy Military history
Leadership in combat
Courage and valor
gptkbp:military_service 1941-1945
gptkbp:nickname Dick
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_Carentan
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Pegasus
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Lancaster,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Franklin,_Tennessee
gptkbp:portrayed_by gptkb:Damian_Lewis
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Major
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:spouse Ethel Winters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:506th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6