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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Ronald C. Speirs, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from October ...
Winters was the subject of the 2005 book Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers, written by Larry Alexander. His own memoir, Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters , co-written by military historian and retired U.S. Army Colonel Cole C. Kingseed , was published in early 2006.
Life after government service [ edit ] In 2004 Spiers again returned to the public eye when he joined Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change , a group of former diplomats, ambassadors, and military leaders criticizing the foreign policy of President George W. Bush and supporting the election of John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. presidential ...
Troops landing at Utah Beach had a relatively easy landing, due in part to this successful assault. Colonel Robert Sink, the commander of the 506th PIR, recommended Winters for the Medal of Honor, but the award was downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross because there was a policy of awarding only one Medal of Honor per division; in the 101st's case, to Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole.
This article lacks information about Speirs in The Netherlands. This page contains a medical report that matches Speirs' service number that he was wounded in the buttocks and hip by machine gun fire in October 1944; the morning report dated 18 October 1944 shows his status change from duty to hospital after being seriously wounded in action.--
Settle made his Broadway debut in a strictly limited engagement in Chicago: The Musical, appearing as Billy Flynn from April 19 through June 13, 2010. [3] [4] He made his feature film debut in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer co-starring alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mekhi Phifer, and Brandy Norwood.
Robert Frederick Sink (3 April 1905 – 13 December 1965) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II and the Korean War, though he was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, throughout most of World War II, in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
Carwood Lipton was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia.When he was aged 10, his father was killed and his mother paralyzed in an automobile accident. [3] Since Carwood was the eldest child, she told him to be the "man of the family". [3]