Dick Winters up for the Medal of Honor?

Willhelm Gruber II · Post by **Willhelm Gruber II** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:29 am

i say give it to him

DXTR · Post by **DXTR** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:01 am

I say why not award the Medal of Honour to Captain John H Miller 2. ranger batt., C Coy?

I mean, his exploits at Ramelle were extraordinary....

pzrmeyer2 · Post by **pzrmeyer2** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:07 am

DXTR wrote:I say why not award the Medal of Honour to Captain John H Miller 2. ranger batt., C Coy?

I mean, his exploits at Ramelle were extraordinary....

Do you think Pvt Ryan should get one too?

DXTR · Post by **DXTR** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:54 am

pzrmeyer2 wrote:
DXTR wrote:I say why not award the Medal of Honour to Captain John H Miller 2. ranger batt., C Coy?

I mean, his exploits at Ramelle were extraordinary....
Do you think Pvt Ryan should get one too?

No, unlike Miller he spent most of the battle in a crater....

pzrmeyer2 · Post by **pzrmeyer2** » Tue May 01, 2007 5:58 am

DXTR wrote:
pzrmeyer2 wrote:
DXTR wrote:I say why not award the Medal of Honour to Captain John H Miller 2. ranger batt., C Coy?

I mean, his exploits at Ramelle were extraordinary....
Do you think Pvt Ryan should get one too?
No, unlike Miller he spent most of the battle in a crater....

What should we give Upham? and how about Rafe the pilot from Pearl Harbor?

DXTR · Post by **DXTR** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:13 am

pzrmeyer2 wrote:
DXTR wrote:
pzrmeyer2 wrote:
DXTR wrote:I say why not award the Medal of Honour to Captain John H Miller 2. ranger batt., C Coy?

I mean, his exploits at Ramelle were extraordinary....
Do you think Pvt Ryan should get one too?
No, unlike Miller he spent most of the battle in a crater....
What should we give Upham? and how about Rafe the pilot from Pearl Harbor?

First of all, I think Lando Calrissian deserves one too....

Rajin Cajun · Post by **Rajin Cajun** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:07 am

Having read Winters biography I can tell you he wouldn't want the Medal it wasn't about medals for him. Just sounds like a bunch of groupies who went to get him the Medal...though its pretty stupid to do that via petition.

DXTR · Post by **DXTR** » Tue May 01, 2007 7:58 am

Rajin Cajun wrote:Having read Winters biography I can tell you he wouldn't want the Medal it wasn't about medals for him. Just sounds like a bunch of groupies who went to get him the Medal...though its pretty stupid to do that via petition.

I have all the respect for Winters, although BoB is my only source. I find it troubeling that popular culture and Hollywood should have a hand in who is a hero or not. That is precisely why I asked for Tom Hanks' character Miller in SPR to get a medal.

But all too often we find that "heroes" are not just celebrated for their actions alone, but how profitable they are to the propaganda industry.

But anyway, RC I think you are spot on calling them groupies.....

pzrmeyer2 · Post by **pzrmeyer2** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:11 pm

First of all, I think Lando Calrissian deserves one too....

What about Wedge and those other 2 X and Y wing pilots leaving the first Death Star? Luke and the MF crew got those gold medals afterward. I mean, what did Chewie do to deserve it more than those pilots?

phylo_roadking · Post by **phylo_roadking** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:19 pm

Yep, big shiny Republican medal for Wedge Antilles and Porkins - but not Biggs cos he was a d1ckhe@d.......