Dick Winters up for the Medal of Honor?
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- Willhelm Gruber II
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What should we give Upham? and how about Rafe the pilot from Pearl Harbor?DXTR wrote:No, unlike Miller he spent most of the battle in a crater....pzrmeyer2 wrote:Do you think Pvt Ryan should get one too?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....
First of all, I think Lando Calrissian deserves one too....pzrmeyer2 wrote:What should we give Upham? and how about Rafe the pilot from Pearl Harbor?DXTR wrote:No, unlike Miller he spent most of the battle in a crater....pzrmeyer2 wrote:Do you think Pvt Ryan should get one too?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....
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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.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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.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.
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.....
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