INDCJournal: A Life Well-Lived

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April 30, 2005

A Life Well-Lived

Posted by Bill

A jaunt to ye olde book shoppe clued me in on this pleasant surprise release, which I immediately snapped up: Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers. I haven't started reading it yet, but Dick Winters is such a noble, amazing dude, that I'd probably even buy a book about him written by Maureen Dowd and translated into cuneiform (ok, maybe not by Dowd). As this volume seems to be written in American English by a man named Larry Alexander, I'm fairly confident that it will be a great read.

Related: a web site dedicated to retroactively upgrading Major Winters' Silver Star awarded for actions in Normandy to a Congressional Medal of Honor.

(It goes without saying, also recommended and recommended)

Posted by Bill at April 30, 2005 03:36 PM | TrackBack (0)

Comments

Freaky. I just bought that book 15 minutes ago.

Posted by: SarahW at April 30, 2005 09:29 PM

Really minor nit to pick, but I'm pretty sure it's called the Medal of Honor, no need to add the 'Congressional' part (aren't all medals authorized by Congress?) Someone with more military knowledge might give the definitive word...

Posted by: Dave Ruddell at May 1, 2005 10:17 PM

I don't think that it matters:

"The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor."

http://www.cmohs.org/medal.htm

Posted by: Bill from INDC at May 1, 2005 10:51 PM