That's sad. I'm just a couple towns over from where he lived (Waterbury, CT I think I heard once) and haven't seen anything in the papers. =C

Hershey Pennsylvania actually.

Ahhh, I remember hearing once he either lived in Waterbury or had close family around here. Still, a sad day.

Likely have kin, as the local news reports (I live in Philly) said he died in Hershey, PA.

Always a sad moment when true hero's pass. How old was he?

would of been 93 in two weeks.

Wow. Having had a grandfather who lived to 91 (and had he not gotten ill, likely would have lived into his 100's) 93 isn't old in my book.

God rest him though: This guy did our country proud!

Due to stupidity elsewhere, another hero's passing goes unnoticed.

To quote Maj. Winters:

"Evening allowed a few minutes of quiet reflection, With our outposts in place, I stretched out to catch a few hours sleep, even though the rattle of German small-arms fire continued throughout the night. the Germans were evidently not as tired as we were because they fired their machine guns all night and hollered like a bunch of drunken kids having a party. Before I dozed off, I did not forget to get on my knees and thank god for helping me to live through this day and to ask His help on D+1. I would live this war one day at a time, and I promised myself that if I survived, I would find a small farm somewhere in the Pennsylvania countryside and spend the remainder of my life in quiet and peace."


Lest we forget men like Maj. Winters.

Good as always for you to remember, Jim. You should do one for Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen's co-star, too....

only 19 days before his 93rd...

I was saddened when I read his passing this morning.

And may he go to his final resting place.

I don't mean to be rude, but i don't honestly think FA is the right place for this Image, only for the sole reason that the user base is not military friendly.

All the more reason why it is. There are furs in the military too. Are they worth any less respect?

No disrespect, I'm prior service. But i do not fancy the idea of this site where a image like this would be open to disrespect of the furry community.

To hide an image and memory of a hero because a few people might act like fools on this site would be more disrespectful than taking the image down. There will always be people who will sound off against those who have and are serving, not only here, but everywhere.

What can i say? i have a disdain for the furry community when it comes to this subject matter.

I very much appreciate these, any of the ones that Rabbi does.

Thanks. :)

My last two military fallen didn't get any fucktards commenting against them, so I'm not worried.

Plus, its drawing like this got my interest in your works (at least that's what I think how I ended up looking for you in the last 2 conventions).

A true leader, a true tactician, and a hell of a guy. He will be missed, and always remembered.

This is the man, the story that moved me and motivated me to join the Army and work to be a paratrooper. People ask me why you wanna jump out of a plane, I tell them about the book, "Band of Brothers", true American heroes. God bless him, the nation has lost one of its best.

-Korkan

maybe could send this to the family?

[salute]

He was born in the same year as my grandfather.
I did love that series and never get tired of watching it when it aires.
May this man rest in peace.

The Harrisburg Patriot News had a pretty good write up about him and WGAL will be rebroadcasting his story on Wednesday at 7:30 for anyone in the south central PA area. Hope that finds its way to PBS or something. RIP Major.

Maybe a little late to say this, but Major Winters, have a great journey and memories of your leadership and achievement shall live on. *Salutes*

Maj. Winters is dead?

I feel kind of sad now. He was one of my personal heroes. I hope he is resting in peace.

I've looked at a lot of military-oriented works on FA. The number of anti-military comments is relatively small (as far as I can tell), and tend to be from the same individuals. Even then, those individuals tend to get bombarded by counter-arguments and warnings. I've only seen a few users make anti-military comments.

But I've only started looking up military artwork on FA recently, so I don't have MaverickCowboys's experience.

In any case, may this legend of the Screaming Eagles rest in peace.