The late Major Dick Winters began to make a name for himself on June 6th, 1944, and his legacy of leadership, and the leadership of other American junior officers, is remembered in a monument that bears his likeness.
This is the speech that 13-year-old Jordan Brown gave at the unveiling. Brown, of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, raised close to $100,000 for the monument.
As part of our "Hang Tough: Dick Winters in Normandy" project, witf's Tim Lambert was at the unveiling of that statue on June 6, 2012. Complete coverage: [ Ссылка ]
