My grandfather passed away recently, he was a crewman on Lancaster bombers. Before he died, he gave me his flight wings, I will forever cherish them. When he gave them to me he recited the poem, “high flight”.
@@Lucky-tt2yq you forget about the blitz and the Holocaust when you try and demonize the allies Your grandfather would be turning in his grave if he found out that his ancestor was a Nazi fuck
@@Lucky-tt2yq each side on the war did horrendous things. People might say germany was bad but america did bomb two cities with hydrogen bombs. And yeah all the 1st world countries are becoming shit
@@Lucky-tt2yq my grandfather was 17 at the start of the war, travelled to Britain from Canada, lied about his age, joined the raf, became an officer, trained as a Lancaster navigator, fought in the deadliest of air battles, bombed factories, homes, cities, churches, government buildings, the lot. Most of it he wasn’t proud of and didn’t speak much of it. After the war, he became an architect and designed many buildings around the world, became a religious man and no doubt prayed for forgiveness every day. Leaving home at 17 took great courage, joining the war took great courage, flying missions with high death tolls took great skill. He was a great man, no ifs ands or buts about it, war is hell and he did his job to free Europe from an axis of evil that destroyed the lives of millions of people. If you rag on the allies for bombing cities, and killing thousands, but want to reduce the spotlight of hate on the Axis powers who killed millions just look at the numbers and decide who was worse, and who should take the blame for all those deaths. Nazi Germany did start the war after all so those civilian deaths are Germany’s fault. Don’t come to me saying that the Germans were misled. The average Wehrmacht might not have been evil, but nonetheless they were all cogs in a giant machine of death that claimed millions. Tell any Holocaust survivor or liberated person that the allies weren’t heroes and see what kind of reception you receive.
You, like all other people, will face situations in your life which will humble you. If you're ever unfortunate enough to have to fight for your life, I'm sure that would turn out to be such a situation.
With age comes wisdom. I’m sure in his younger days he was a knucklehead just like the majority of us are right now. We’re all making stories everyday and learning new things everyday.. as we proceed to get older in time we will start to understand where his humbleness comes from because by his age we will all have experienced and gone through our own battles in this lifetime.
When his grandson watched band of brothers for the first time, I can’t imagine what an emotional experience that must’ve been, especially to see just how much of a hero his grandad actually was
I would love for one of their kids or grandkids to talk about watching it for the first time. I bet it was a crazy and surreal experience to see how their grandfather saved the free world
@@oLii96x Our last 5 Presidents have been draft dodgers. Their 10 predecessors were all World War vets. "Hard men make strong times, good times make weak men, weak men make hard times, hard times make strong men."
@@Jonathan-om1wq I would dodge the draft. A war is not worth fighting that the people wouldn't volunteer to fight for. Btw, do you think there should be more world wars then? Surely there's only a certain number of people who can be war vets of a world war. And then, you've got the fact that the world wars were so massive that most men played some part, and so obviously at least a generation of leaders were to be from those wars. The following wars were minor, with only some men being involved. It's like you haven't actually thought for 2 seconds what you're talking about.
Wow such an original sentiment. Such a pertinent and accurate and completely not biased message. I bet that hasn't been said in the 80s, the 50s, the 20s, 1850s, 1810...
@@Michael-mh2tw I'm not opposed to people refusing to fight a war, but the cycle I acknowledged holds true. If nothing else, draft dodgers certainly shouldn't be holding elected office, and certainly shouldn't be serving as Commander in Chief.
No matter what I do with my life. No matter what I accomplish. I always know I will be nothing compared to any of these men. Truly the greatest generation.
You would be nothing compared to them, because they would have wanted you to be so much more. Live your life; everyday that you live it fully regardless of the tyranny of other men’s judgement, that is a day that Easy Company knows their work is done.
William, My Grandfather who fought in D Day heard that comment before from me, his Grandson. He said. "Thanks". Then he made a comment to me that I will never forget. "We are not the greatest generation. The greatest generation has yet to come." He smiled and he could tell I was confused by his words. Then he went on to say. "The greatest generation will never see war and it would take all of us to make sure there are no more future wars." God, I miss my Grandfather.🇺🇸 .....If your a man or a woman who have served our country and your reading my comment. Thankyou for your service and may we never forget the fallen and their families whom they left behind to grieve.🕊
Yeah, he was really great about this. But I'll admit, I half expected something like "No, I was smashing my way through Europe on grunt candy!" The internet has ruined us all.
My father in law was a ball turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator flying missions out of Italy into Germany. He is 95 with dementia and dying of cancer. One of his treasured possession is a poster made out of a picture of his crew. A couple of months ago he spoke to the other surviving member of his crew, the flight engineer who saved the plane when it was hit by flak and down to 2 engines. A day after they spoke he passed away, almost as if he was waiting to have the last conversation with his crewmate. The Greatest Generation. RIP
Not sure where medicine stands on it, but this is real. People holding to sometimes tenuous existence until something is accomplish (grandson graduates etc).
My great grandpa was a ball turret gunner, when they’d came stay a weekend (they lived out of state) my grandparents stayed in my room since it was “the most comfortable.” Grandpa later admitted it was his favorite room because I had a full length door poster of Carmen Electra wearing nothing but an army belt. He never admitted that because my parents didn’t know about it and he didn’t want them to take it down 😂😂. Grandpa was mentally sharp as a razor, ate nothing but chocolate cake and whiskey for 20 years, and peacefully passed at the age of 99 a few years ago.
My Grandpa was a Crew Chief on a B-17 and after the war 8 of his 10 man crew settled down within 20 miles of each other, one was killed during the war and never replaced and the pilot stayed in the Army/Air force after the war and his B29 was shot down and and he was killed during the Korean War, they are all gone now but I remember the stories they would tell to my cousins and I when I was a kid.
Look at his expression after he states the question Mike R's grandson asked....It is clear, more than ever before, that he considers every one of his men heroes...And is humbled by the fact that "Grandpa said no"....He was a hell of a guy..As were the rest of them.
I am an Indian and almost four years back i watched the entire series. At the end of the series i started crying, i was so attached to each and every character! It's the story of common people who went on to become legends against all odds! This tv series and Saving Private Ryan is something else.....massive respect for american soldiers. And last but not the least "I served in a company of heroes"....goosebumps every time !!!
I recently came across several "truther" articles online while looking for a copy of "The Greatest Generation". I'm still appalled by the amount of hatred this generation receives from the Baby Boomers.
Morons I would say. My grandfather served in Burma and was a very reserved and kind man. He was a much more polite and decent gentleman than I could ever hope to be, he would talk about his experiences rarely and only if I asked him like the naive child I was and I didn’t understand at that age. I can’t imagine being miles away from home and being terrified from dusk till dawn but he did it, he came back and worked a regular job. Expected no handouts and carried on with his life. There are no words really to explain how comfortable our lives are today, can’t imagine him getting pissed off at slow broadband!
A number of reasons. Socio/psychopaths. Immature trolls. Accidentally pressing dislike button. People who despise Americans, or simply because some people see a video with 100 likes and 0 dislikes and want to be that one person to be different, even if they don't truly dislike the video they are childish enough to want to see that they are different from all the rest. Deluded enough that this makes them fee special. Whatever the reason they are a small enough minority that you shouldn't get wound up or give a single fuck about them.
That phrase right there allways brings tears to my eyes. Truer words have never been spoken. Rest well Soldiers, you have certainly earned it. Massive respect to what these people did. These are the true heroes of mankind.
+Niels Reijrink I agree, men who didn't want to be where they were and didn't want to do what they were doing but did so anyway because they knew they had to. Men of WWI and WWII. Heroes. "The real heroes are the fellas that are still buried over there and those that came home to be buried." - Edward "Babe" Heffron
Major Winters, I wish I had the opportunity to meet you in person and shake your hand!!! You're the true epitome of a combat leader! Rest in peace sir!!! I salute you and all of the men of Easy!!!!
I never got to know my second grandpa. My father always told me, that war destroyed his father. He always felt, that there is something inside his father, that tortured him. He never talked about war, i just know that his best friend died right beside of him. Movies like this help me to imagine what those men had to deal with. He died many years before I was born, even my mother did never know him. He never got to know one of his grandchildren. My grandpa was german. Like me. Anyway for me he is a hero.
+CeedBeats If he was german, do you know if he was on the western or eastern front? If he was on the eastern front, he probably saw much things about german citizens and soviets that destroyed him of course.
This video and this quote, even almost 70 years after the war, makes me tear up, because it makes me damn proud to be an American! RIP Sgt. Winters, and thank you.
I can barely get through this without breaking down. Rest in Perfect Peace Dick Winters and all the men of Easy Company. There isn’t a day I’m breathing that I don’t think of you and thank you for your brave service to our nation and the world at large. 🇺🇸
I have seen Band of Brothers easily 30+ times all the way through, and every time I see this final scene I cry. The genuine honor, bravery, and humility in Winters shows pure character. It might be the reason I react so emotionally when I see it. I feel the need to steal a Nick Cage line "People don't talk like that anymore." I guess I can only hope that my generation can even hope to live up to half of the legacy that they left for us.
With all this games and movies, never forget what true war is. There are no heroes, no glory, no honour and no justice. Only pain and suffering....i love war games and movies but i pray everyday that humans doesnt escalate again in real life. God protect us all
Major Richard Dick Winters .... I think about you often throughout the year but I think of you first every November 11th. You and Easy Company are men amongst men. We miss all of you but will never forget you and are forever grateful for what you accomplished and sacrificed.
My great grandfather died during the invasion of Belgium, afterwards my great grandmother managed to bring all her 7 kids through the war alive. You can’t choose which side ur born into but u can fight for what is important.
When I was a kid, there were 5 of us siblings, and so my parents went on a cruise one time and we stayed home that summer. A good family friend who us kids didn't know as well watched us, it was an older man and his wife. This was the summer of 80 or 81 or so. I learned that he was a WW2 vet. I was 10-11 years old and right at that age where going into the woods to play war with my friends was what occupied our summers. I asked him tons of questions and he told the best stories about the war. By the end of the vacation, every one of my friends in the neighborhood we be at the house at some point during the day to hear his stories every day. I remember he was in both the European as well as the Pacific theater. I remember he told me about the first time he was directly shot at...they were hiding behind a hedgerow and he told his sergeant "Hey Sarge, we better move there's a ton of bees in these bushes" to which his sergeant replied, "you idiot, get your head down, those aren't bees!". He seemed like a *very* old man then, and that was 40 years ago, but a lot of that was due to the fact that as a 10 year old, even a 50 year old seems really old. It makes me sad that we are losing the last of these vets now and they'll soon all be gone. Some of my fondest memories of my life are me and my friends gathered around him in my kitchen that summer asking him questions and hearing his stories.
I keep remembering this quote. I watched Band of Brothers many years ago. The story told is one of courage, bravery, horror, fearlessness and heroism. The actors did a superb job portraying these men and the series was excellent, if not the greatest thing I have ever watched to date. The interviews got me, not one single man was anything but modest. They were braggarts, they didnt glorify the war and their time in the service. Instead they were humble, they told their story and were modest about it. I do not think anyone can ever come close to the greatest generation. Everyone who was involved in the war effort, no matter what side they were on..
This humble man was born to lead heros. It takes character and courage to become major. He became a legend and one of the best hero in history. Thank you for your service. Major Dick Winters RIP.
Saw this for the first time tonight, after my first Band of Brothers viewing (I Know!). Sobbing. That generation, words will never do them justice. A complete different breed, they will live forever.
You’re not a hero until you fight and die for something you believe in. While you’re alive you’re just a man trying to survive and live for the heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice.
It's like the "The Two Face, One Vase Illusion" where you can see two faces and one vase simultaneously expect it's with Bryan Cranston and Ian McKellen instead.
Grandpa said no, but to those who remember the wars, respect and hold in high esteem all of those who have served in uniform and are serving our countries today protecting our freedoms you are all heroes/Heroines!. Thankyou for your service, thankyou too to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Forever in your debt!. Lest we forget.
Major Winters said what was in my mind... But with thoughts out of order and not so nice and emotional... Because I also served in the company of heroes. Therefore, my son, Ivan, whether I was a hero, I cannot judge. A hero judges a hero. Strength and honor, Major Winters.
That undying bond that drives you to put the safety of your friends first, and not your own, never goes away. And after all those years since combat, that man said "no, but I served in a company of heroes" is a testament to that. War is an ugly, awful thing. But now, at the end of the day, these guys (and myself, from recent service) CHERISH the comradery and love for their friends, and think about it everyday. Despite all of its ugliness, war sometimes does produce wonderful things.
Je suis français j'ai 18 dans moins d'un mois et je compte bien m'engager dans l'armée. Je remercie tellement ces hommes qui sont venu ce battre pour défendre notre liberté. Et par Saint Michel vive les paras ! 🇫🇷
I have watched this little clip a thousand times. And I will watch it a thousand times more. I thank you, Richard David Winters for your service, bravery and compassion.
I've watched this mini-series since I was in my early teens, and to this day I still tear up every time I hear this man say those words. What a legend.
The dreaful thing about wars is, its heroes die. The uplifting thing is they keep on living if remembered. The unforgivable thing is them being forgotten.
Men who come back from wars like these, especially those who are the most heroic, always downplay their roles in what happened. This just goes to show how humble these men are.
“Grandpa said no but i serve in a company of heroes” my heart breaking respect from France Major Winters
C'est le petit fils de Winters qui lui a poser cette question ?
@@xtrm_101 exactement c'est pour ça que cette séquence est si émotionnel
I couldn't understand what he said,can someone please explain.
@@madhukarjonathanminj2772 he believes the real heroes don't come back
@@NoSaIvation oh,wow that's pretty poignant
My grandfather passed away recently, he was a crewman on Lancaster bombers. Before he died, he gave me his flight wings, I will forever cherish them. When he gave them to me he recited the poem, “high flight”.
He was a great man
God bless that man
@@Lucky-tt2yq you forget about the blitz and the Holocaust when you try and demonize the allies
Your grandfather would be turning in his grave if he found out that his ancestor was a Nazi fuck
@@Lucky-tt2yq each side on the war did horrendous things. People might say germany was bad but america did bomb two cities with hydrogen bombs. And yeah all the 1st world countries are becoming shit
@@Lucky-tt2yq my grandfather was 17 at the start of the war, travelled to Britain from Canada, lied about his age, joined the raf, became an officer, trained as a Lancaster navigator, fought in the deadliest of air battles, bombed factories, homes, cities, churches, government buildings, the lot. Most of it he wasn’t proud of and didn’t speak much of it. After the war, he became an architect and designed many buildings around the world, became a religious man and no doubt prayed for forgiveness every day. Leaving home at 17 took great courage, joining the war took great courage, flying missions with high death tolls took great skill. He was a great man, no ifs ands or buts about it, war is hell and he did his job to free Europe from an axis of evil that destroyed the lives of millions of people. If you rag on the allies for bombing cities, and killing thousands, but want to reduce the spotlight of hate on the Axis powers who killed millions just look at the numbers and decide who was worse, and who should take the blame for all those deaths. Nazi Germany did start the war after all so those civilian deaths are Germany’s fault. Don’t come to me saying that the Germans were misled. The average Wehrmacht might not have been evil, but nonetheless they were all cogs in a giant machine of death that claimed millions. Tell any Holocaust survivor or liberated person that the allies weren’t heroes and see what kind of reception you receive.
Gets me every damn time
Daniel Hestopher same
Daniel Hestopher yep
me too!
me too...EVERY damn time. What a great man.
I'm not crying, you're crying
You were a hero, Dick Winters. Rest in peace. You and all of Easy Company. You sure as hell earned it.
u took my words. hew was something different
His humility and respect is astounding. If I served in times like that I’d like to say I’d be so humble but I’m not convinced I would be :(
I'm sure having faced the horrors of those times, you'd have no choice but to be humble. Bless them
You, like all other people, will face situations in your life which will humble you. If you're ever unfortunate enough to have to fight for your life, I'm sure that would turn out to be such a situation.
Honesty is the first step lol
With age comes wisdom. I’m sure in his younger days he was a knucklehead just like the majority of us are right now. We’re all making stories everyday and learning new things everyday.. as we proceed to get older in time we will start to understand where his humbleness comes from because by his age we will all have experienced and gone through our own battles in this lifetime.
@@VividZai Somehow I doubt this was the case with the Major.
When his grandson watched band of brothers for the first time, I can’t imagine what an emotional experience that must’ve been, especially to see just how much of a hero his grandad actually was
And to learn that the tactics he used became doctrine and are still being taught to infantrymen to this day.
It actually wasn’t Winters grandson, listen closely. It’s a letter from another soldier named Myron N. Ranney..his grandson said this.
I would love for one of their kids or grandkids to talk about watching it for the first time. I bet it was a crazy and surreal experience to see how their grandfather saved the free world
If only we had men like that leading us today
Just because someone can lead in the military does not mean they can lead in other aspects of life, especially politics
@@oLii96x Our last 5 Presidents have been draft dodgers. Their 10 predecessors were all World War vets. "Hard men make strong times, good times make weak men, weak men make hard times, hard times make strong men."
@@Jonathan-om1wq I would dodge the draft. A war is not worth fighting that the people wouldn't volunteer to fight for. Btw, do you think there should be more world wars then? Surely there's only a certain number of people who can be war vets of a world war. And then, you've got the fact that the world wars were so massive that most men played some part, and so obviously at least a generation of leaders were to be from those wars. The following wars were minor, with only some men being involved. It's like you haven't actually thought for 2 seconds what you're talking about.
Wow such an original sentiment. Such a pertinent and accurate and completely not biased message. I bet that hasn't been said in the 80s, the 50s, the 20s, 1850s, 1810...
@@Michael-mh2tw I'm not opposed to people refusing to fight a war, but the cycle I acknowledged holds true. If nothing else, draft dodgers certainly shouldn't be holding elected office, and certainly shouldn't be serving as Commander in Chief.
No matter what I do with my life. No matter what I accomplish. I always know I will be nothing compared to any of these men. Truly the greatest generation.
Hell gives you perspective. You realize your mortality and the beauty of peace.
You would be nothing compared to them, because they would have wanted you to be so much more. Live your life; everyday that you live it fully regardless of the tyranny of other men’s judgement, that is a day that Easy Company knows their work is done.
William, My Grandfather who fought in D Day heard that comment before from me, his Grandson. He said. "Thanks". Then he made a comment to me that I will never forget. "We are not the greatest generation. The greatest generation has yet to come." He smiled and he could tell I was confused by his words. Then he went on to say. "The greatest generation will never see war and it would take all of us to make sure there are no more future wars." God, I miss my Grandfather.🇺🇸 .....If your a man or a woman who have served our country and your reading my comment. Thankyou for your service and may we never forget the fallen and their families whom they left behind to grieve.🕊
This can't be true. These soldiers fought for peace. If there is no greatness in peace then there is no greatness in warfare.
interesting, shit on yourself to respect people who were forced to war.
"But I served in a company of heroes". *tears*
I don’t why I expected some kind of meme with that title, but this is as wholesome as it gets.
Yeah, he was really great about this. But I'll admit, I half expected something like "No, I was smashing my way through Europe on grunt candy!" The internet has ruined us all.
This is from the short series "Band of Brothers" you should TOTALLY binge it. Obv based on the true story of the brave vets.
My father in law was a ball turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator flying missions out of Italy into Germany. He is 95 with dementia and dying of cancer. One of his treasured possession is a poster made out of a picture of his crew. A couple of months ago he spoke to the other surviving member of his crew, the flight engineer who saved the plane when it was hit by flak and down to 2 engines. A day after they spoke he passed away, almost as if he was waiting to have the last conversation with his crewmate. The Greatest Generation. RIP
Thank you for your story - awesome!
My condolences...
Not sure where medicine stands on it, but this is real. People holding to sometimes tenuous existence until something is accomplish (grandson graduates etc).
My great grandpa was a ball turret gunner, when they’d came stay a weekend (they lived out of state) my grandparents stayed in my room since it was “the most comfortable.” Grandpa later admitted it was his favorite room because I had a full length door poster of Carmen Electra wearing nothing but an army belt. He never admitted that because my parents didn’t know about it and he didn’t want them to take it down 😂😂. Grandpa was mentally sharp as a razor, ate nothing but chocolate cake and whiskey for 20 years, and peacefully passed at the age of 99 a few years ago.
My Grandpa was a Crew Chief on a B-17 and after the war 8 of his 10 man crew settled down within 20 miles of each other, one was killed during the war and never replaced and the pilot stayed in the Army/Air force after the war and his B29 was shot down and and he was killed during the Korean War, they are all gone now but I remember the stories they would tell to my cousins and I when I was a kid.
Look at his expression after he states the question Mike R's grandson asked....It is clear, more than ever before, that he considers every one of his men heroes...And is humbled by the fact that "Grandpa said no"....He was a hell of a guy..As were the rest of them.
I am an Indian and almost four years back i watched the entire series. At the end of the series i started crying, i was so attached to each and every character! It's the story of common people who went on to become legends against all odds! This tv series and Saving Private Ryan is something else.....massive respect for american soldiers. And last but not the least "I served in a company of heroes"....goosebumps every time !!!
While I admire Mahatma for winning a war without blood shed.
Indian people are lost beyond repair it seems sometimes Delhi boy.
and we must fi==never forget british empire servicemen like yourselves that fought in ww1 and ww2.
@@shinji5217 what did that have to do with anything he said. sounds like youre lost in the sauce
Definitely also need a show considering the large number of Indian soldiers who fought in WW II as well.
Yes I am an Indian too, I have watched this series. Its the best one. I pay my respect to all ww2 veterans.
How can someone dislike this? Really?
I recently came across several "truther" articles online while looking for a copy of "The Greatest Generation". I'm still appalled by the amount of hatred this generation receives from the Baby Boomers.
Morons I would say. My grandfather served in Burma and was a very reserved and kind man. He was a much more polite and decent gentleman than I could ever hope to be, he would talk about his experiences rarely and only if I asked him like the naive child I was and I didn’t understand at that age. I can’t imagine being miles away from home and being terrified from dusk till dawn but he did it, he came back and worked a regular job. Expected no handouts and carried on with his life. There are no words really to explain how comfortable our lives are today, can’t imagine him getting pissed off at slow broadband!
Liberals, ANTIFA and SJWs
A number of reasons. Socio/psychopaths. Immature trolls. Accidentally pressing dislike button. People who despise Americans, or simply because some people see a video with 100 likes and 0 dislikes and want to be that one person to be different, even if they don't truly dislike the video they are childish enough to want to see that they are different from all the rest. Deluded enough that this makes them fee special. Whatever the reason they are a small enough minority that you shouldn't get wound up or give a single fuck about them.
23 neo-nazis who think the death-camps were made-up disliked this.
Fuck 'em.
Get's me every time
SharpWalkers Fuck it, Imma thumb up myself - it still does.
come get your tissues here in Europe hahaha
I still get chills every time I watch this. RIP Maj. Winters
"There is nothing moral or good about fighting in a war, but the reasons for fighting a war can be good."
Amen for that
That was a just and righteous war. They freed Europe and stopped the Nazi killing machine.
So right he is .. He is not a hero .. he is a LEGEND .. A Place Above Heroes ..
+DaSnipy Heroes may die but legends... Legends live forever
It's weird to see how the myth of WW2 breaks people's brains.
@@fartsneed9464 ?
@@fartsneed9464 ?
This is why these men were so special...even to the end - they cared more about their brothers than themselves.
That phrase right there allways brings tears to my eyes. Truer words have never been spoken. Rest well Soldiers, you have certainly earned it. Massive respect to what these people did. These are the true heroes of mankind.
He means that the 'true' heroes died in the war, he said that as an homage to them.
Well, that and those around him. Humility to the highest degree.
Rereading his autobiography and rewatching BOB. Thankful for all these brave men and honored to have worn the same uniform.
They truly were the greatest generation, weren't they.
Yes youre right but the soldiers of the first world war are a great generation to
+Niels Reijrink I agree, men who didn't want to be where they were and didn't want to do what they were doing but did so anyway because they knew they had to. Men of WWI and WWII. Heroes.
"The real heroes are the fellas that are still buried over there and those that came home to be buried." - Edward "Babe" Heffron
All the men that fight for our freedom must be remember
+Terminathan97 the ww1 guys and ww2 guys were the greatest generation they must not be forgotten.
They served Z.O.G. better than any generation before or since.
Ive watched this clip more times than I can count and every time i get choked up.
Legendary words from a legendary man.
R.I.P. Major
The guy is so humble. Every time he says that line ...somewhere, a narcissist falls down an open elevator shaft.
Let's hope so.
Major Winters, I wish I had the opportunity to meet you in person and shake your hand!!! You're the true epitome of a combat leader! Rest in peace sir!!! I salute you and all of the men of Easy!!!!
It's so hard not to cry when watching this.
This video still gives me chills, there will never be another generation like them, we are forever indebted to them all
I never got to know my second grandpa. My father always told me, that war destroyed his father. He always felt, that there is something inside his father, that tortured him. He never talked about war, i just know that his best friend died right beside of him. Movies like this help me to imagine what those men had to deal with.
He died many years before I was born, even my mother did never know him.
He never got to know one of his grandchildren.
My grandpa was german. Like me.
Anyway for me he is a hero.
CeedBeats He fought for his country. In the end, that's all that matters.
+CeedBeats If he was german, do you know if he was on the western or eastern front? If he was on the eastern front, he probably saw much things about german citizens and soviets that destroyed him of course.
As a vet, this shit hit me heavy. RIP
@@leinhart27 Yes he was at the eastern front.
Your grandpap is a hero
Both my grandpas served in war, they were the best men I ever
knew. R.I.P papap and Grandpa Jerry 🫡
This video and this quote, even almost 70 years after the war, makes me tear up, because it makes me damn proud to be an American! RIP Sgt. Winters, and thank you.
He was a Major not a Sargent
I can barely get through this without breaking down. Rest in Perfect Peace Dick Winters and all the men of Easy Company. There isn’t a day I’m breathing that I don’t think of you and thank you for your brave service to our nation and the world at large. 🇺🇸
Just watched this for the first time ever in 2018. Damn good show
By far the best, in a league of its own.
Just finished like my 20th go thru of the series a few minutes ago. God damn, this scene still gets me every time. Every single time.
This always gets me tears
Well you're not the only one
Straight out of an Oscar awarded movie scene.
it's from a miniseries
The look in his eye is so genuine and so very powerful. You can tell that he has seen some of the most awful things that any man could be exposed to.
Man if this doesn't give you goosebumps you're not human. Amazing men. Thank you for your service to all the members of Easy Company.
Not many scenes in movies/ shows make me tear up. But this one, this one gets me every time.
I have seen Band of Brothers easily 30+ times all the way through, and every time I see this final scene I cry. The genuine honor, bravery, and humility in Winters shows pure character.
It might be the reason I react so emotionally when I see it. I feel the need to steal a Nick Cage line "People don't talk like that anymore." I guess I can only hope that my generation can even hope to live up to half of the legacy that they left for us.
These men are the standard. "Greater love has no man, than to lay his life down for his friend".
With all this games and movies, never forget what true war is. There are no heroes, no glory, no honour and no justice. Only pain and suffering....i love war games and movies but i pray everyday that humans doesnt escalate again in real life. God protect us all
Major Richard Dick Winters .... I think about you often throughout the year but I think of you first every November 11th. You and Easy Company are men amongst men. We miss all of you but will never forget you and are forever grateful for what you accomplished and sacrificed.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had to come pay my respects on Veterans Day. May he rest in peace
My great grandfather died during the invasion of Belgium, afterwards my great grandmother managed to bring all her 7 kids through the war alive. You can’t choose which side ur born into but u can fight for what is important.
All the respect from Brazil. Every time I watch this, I cry. This man was a hero, a legend. RIP Major Winters,
The Greatest Generation...personified.
Never, Forget. 🙏
Loosing the ones who fought beside you for the same cause is the biggest loss one can have.
Gets me every damn time.
With Memorial Day coming up, this never fails to choke me up. What those men did was nothing short of incredible. Hero is too small a word.
Godspeed.
This is the only video I have ever watched that makes me cry everytime I watch it.
This is got me like "Don't cry, don't cry, come on don't cr..oh fuck.."
When I was a kid, there were 5 of us siblings, and so my parents went on a cruise one time and we stayed home that summer. A good family friend who us kids didn't know as well watched us, it was an older man and his wife. This was the summer of 80 or 81 or so. I learned that he was a WW2 vet. I was 10-11 years old and right at that age where going into the woods to play war with my friends was what occupied our summers. I asked him tons of questions and he told the best stories about the war. By the end of the vacation, every one of my friends in the neighborhood we be at the house at some point during the day to hear his stories every day. I remember he was in both the European as well as the Pacific theater. I remember he told me about the first time he was directly shot at...they were hiding behind a hedgerow and he told his sergeant "Hey Sarge, we better move there's a ton of bees in these bushes" to which his sergeant replied, "you idiot, get your head down, those aren't bees!". He seemed like a *very* old man then, and that was 40 years ago, but a lot of that was due to the fact that as a 10 year old, even a 50 year old seems really old. It makes me sad that we are losing the last of these vets now and they'll soon all be gone. Some of my fondest memories of my life are me and my friends gathered around him in my kitchen that summer asking him questions and hearing his stories.
I mean. They call it “Hitler’s BUZZsaw” for a reason.
I keep remembering this quote. I watched Band of Brothers many years ago. The story told is one of courage, bravery, horror, fearlessness and heroism. The actors did a superb job portraying these men and the series was excellent, if not the greatest thing I have ever watched to date. The interviews got me, not one single man was anything but modest. They were braggarts, they didnt glorify the war and their time in the service. Instead they were humble, they told their story and were modest about it. I do not think anyone can ever come close to the greatest generation. Everyone who was involved in the war effort, no matter what side they were on..
Just finished this for the first time. Probably one of the most moving pieces of media I have ever seen. It'll stick with me forever.
This humble man was born to lead heros. It takes character and courage to become major. He became a legend and one of the best hero in history. Thank you for your service. Major Dick Winters RIP.
Ive watched this 100 times and I still get chills every time.
They were just built differently back in those days. Men like this are not born in this world no more.
I am just curious about why I come back to rewatch this 55s video again and again. So beautiful words I have ever heard.
One of the greatest generations to ever walk this Earth. Rest in Peace Captain.
"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?"
"Grandpa said no...but I served in a company of heroes"
That gets me every time. 🥺😢❤
This man will always remind me of my grandfather.
RIP, Mr. Winters.
Major Dick Winters ……”one of a kind”. Rest in peace Major, you are one of our leading lights from “The Greatest Generation”.
Saw this for the first time tonight, after my first Band of Brothers viewing (I Know!). Sobbing. That generation, words will never do them justice. A complete different breed, they will live forever.
A true soldiers leader. Rest In Peace Major! HAND SALUTE!
This final scene is a moment that should make any grown man cry, such a powerful ending to the series.
You’re not a hero until you fight and die for something you believe in. While you’re alive you’re just a man trying to survive and live for the heroes that made the ultimate sacrifice.
Always stings my eyes. What a legend. God bless and keep Winters.
He looks like Bryan Cranston and Ian McKellen at the same time
It's like the "The Two Face, One Vase Illusion" where you can see two faces and one vase simultaneously expect it's with Bryan Cranston and Ian McKellen instead.
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Bilbo! It's time to cook Meth
Grandpa said no, but to those who remember the wars, respect and hold in high esteem all of those who have served in uniform and are serving our countries today protecting our freedoms you are all heroes/Heroines!. Thankyou for your service, thankyou too to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Forever in your debt!. Lest we forget.
Major Winters said what was in my mind...
But with thoughts out of order and not so nice and emotional...
Because I also served in the company of heroes.
Therefore, my son, Ivan, whether I was a hero, I cannot judge. A hero judges a hero.
Strength and honor, Major Winters.
That undying bond that drives you to put the safety of your friends first, and not your own, never goes away. And after all those years since combat, that man said "no, but I served in a company of heroes" is a testament to that. War is an ugly, awful thing. But now, at the end of the day, these guys (and myself, from recent service) CHERISH the comradery and love for their friends, and think about it everyday. Despite all of its ugliness, war sometimes does produce wonderful things.
Never, even after the Battle of Britain, has so much been owed by so many to so few.
You would have to be very cold hearted not to be moved to tears by these final lines spoken
STONE COLD heart of ice! You are absolutely correct about that.
Enough to make a grown man cry, and that's ok.
I wish I could have met this man. One of my heroes, as are all the brave men who died during the war.
This showed up in my recommended and I was ready for a meme. I was not emotionally prepared for this
Dick Winters, you were a hero, who led heroes.
thank you for your service Mr Winters, my Dad was a WW2 army veteran and mom was a Rosie the Riviter she worked at General Electric in Cleveland Ohio
101st airborne. The most legendary American division ever
Je suis français j'ai 18 dans moins d'un mois et je compte bien m'engager dans l'armée. Je remercie tellement ces hommes qui sont venu ce battre pour défendre notre liberté. Et par Saint Michel vive les paras ! 🇫🇷
Gone, but always remembered.
All gave some, some gave all.
I have watched this little clip a thousand times. And I will watch it a thousand times more. I thank you, Richard David Winters for your service, bravery and compassion.
Band of brothers was and still is an amazing tribute to the men who fought
Ohno. I have to now rewatch the whole series again to relive all the moments. Thank you for the reminder ❤️
still cutting onions in 2021... !!
That's the answer of a true hero
I've watched this mini-series since I was in my early teens, and to this day I still tear up every time I hear this man say those words. What a legend.
His manoeuvre at the artillery position firing on Utah beach is taught at military academies to this day
Thanks for your service. Because of you I was born and raised in a free country. Thank you so much
The dreaful thing about wars is, its heroes die. The uplifting thing is they keep on living if remembered. The unforgivable thing is them being forgotten.
So simple yet so deep. Respect to these men.
Rip for this grandpa😔
He's probably passed away since this video:(
Men who come back from wars like these, especially those who are the most heroic, always downplay their roles in what happened. This just goes to show how humble these men are.
Watching this after 9years and still makes me happy
oh come on... ok . ok.
gfoddamnit...
ah fuck it
"I served with heroes" - *every war hero ever*
Truer words were never spoken. ! 😞
The level of humility...this is what seperates heroes from legends...
This scene is from the WW2 series Band of Brothers.