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Major Richard Winters: Most Respected And Likeable Of Men In Easy Company
Major Richard Winters was the most respected and likeable of men in Easy Company. He wanted to gain the respect of all soldiers within their company. Winters was known as a man who couldn’t cuss and would apologize afterwards. He had all the decency in the world. He had a military mind without the derogatory of it all. People looked up to that, though it was seen as weak minded at first. Everyone within the company would respect Winters at the end of all training.
Winters had taken action and leadership one of the first days of basic, and everyone knew he was fit for the job. He only had one thorn in his side, and that was Captain Herbert Sobel. Sobel had Winters do all of the bad and dirty jobs like cleaning the bathrooms. Winters was the

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