http://laceyt.vox.com/library/posts/tags/winters/page/1/ Engineer by day. Engineer by night. en Vox Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:27:27 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss winters http://laceyt.vox.com/library/post/major-richard-d-winters-hero.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(LT) http://laceyt.vox.com/library/post/major-richard-d-winters-hero.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://laceyt.vox.com/library/post/major-richard-d-winters-hero.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:27:27 -0700 <p>People use the word, &quot;hero&quot; often.&#160; I think a hero is not a person who goes to war out of obligation, but a person who goes to war and provides people with a leader and/or a sense of hope.&#160; A person they can look to in times of doubt.&#160; A person they eagerly await to follow.&#160; Someone they trust with their lives because he has proved himself.&#160; He walks in front of his men in battle and steps on the ground before them only to step off the war field after all of his men have left.&#160; A leader is heroic if he truly leads.&#160; In the case of Major Winters, he is a hero because he did all of these things and also gave hope and compassion to his men.&#160; </p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><em>&quot;I cherish the memory of something my grandson said to me the other day. He asked me, &#39;Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?&#39; Grandpa said, &#39;No, but I served in a company of heroes.&#39;&quot; </em></p> <p><em>-</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_D._Winters"><em>Major Winters</em></a><em> </em>quoting a letter sent to to him by one of his men.</p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laceyt.vox.com/library/post/major-richard-d-winters-hero.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e398b5f348000200e398e6aa090004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> bat winters major winters