Richard Winters
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Richard Davis Winters was a United States Army officer who served as a paratrooper in "Easy Company" of the 506th Infantry Regiment within the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Winters was
Portrait of Winters in his dress uniform
Winters at Camp Toccoa, 1942
Winters in 2004
The Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France
Lewis Nixon III
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Lewis Nixon III was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, served at the company, battalion, and regimental level with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. N
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…the United States entered World War II, he was selected to attend Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Benning, Georgia. There he became friends with Lewis Nixon, with whom he would serve throughout the war. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry after graduating from OCS on July 2, 1942…
Cpt Lewis Nixon