Biggest Brother: The Life Of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led The Band of Brothers

By: Larry Alexander

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Synopsis: In every band of brothers, there is always one who looks out for the rest. A soldier. A leader. A living testament to the valor of the human spirit. Major Richard D. Winters finally shares his amazing story. They were the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Army Airborne, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. And there was one man every soldier in Easy Company looked up to-Major Richard D. Winters. Here, for the first time, is the compelling story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero-from Winters's childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the war years in which his natural skill as a leader elevated him through the ranks in combat, to now, decades later, when he may finally be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day. Full of never-before-seen photographs and the insight that family, friends, fellow veterans of Easy Company-and only Winters himself-could provide, Biggest Brotheris the inspiring life story of a man who became a living testament to the valor of the human spirit-and America.