Pennsylvania retailer supports fundraiser for WWII ‘Brother’ - July 8, 2010

By LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff Writer For the first few years of his life, Richard Winters of the famed “Band of Brothers” of World War II, lived in the New Holland area. So it is fitting that New Holland has become the first location in Lancaster County where one can donate toward a Richard... [Read more]

Men of Easy Company Association Makes Donation to the Richard Winters Leadership Project - June 21, 2010

The Men of Easy Company Association, the official organization of the original Band of Brothers of World War II, has joined the HBO Foundation in making a financial contribution to the Richard Winters Leadership Project. Herb Suerth, President of the Men of Easy and a 101st Airborne, 506th PIR veteran... [Read more]

Philadelphia Inquirer: Two S. Phila. vets fight to honor D-Day leadership - June 5, 2010

By Edward Colimore/Inquirer Staff Writer Sixty-six years ago Saturday night, Army Sgt. Bill Guarnere was dressed to kill. Ammunition and hand grenades bulged from his uniform and a Tommy gun was slung over his shoulder as he sat in a C-47 transport on its way to Normandy, France. By 1 a.m. - on June... [Read more]

A Rhode Island Filmmaker’s Tribute to the Good War - June 3, 2010

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG|Providence Phoenix Amid the moral ambiguity of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — the handwringing over weapons of mass destruction, drone attacks, and the rights of detainees — there is something startling about the raw patriotism of the documentary Navy Heroes of Normandy. Heroes,... [Read more]

HBO Makes First Corporate Donation to The Richard Winters Leadership Project - June 2, 2010

Home Box Office (HBO) has made a tax-deductible donation to the Richard Winters Leadership Project. HBO becomes the first corporate entity to do so. HBO recently aired the 10-part series The Pacific and in 2001, debuted the Emmy Award-winning series Band of Brothers, which focused on Major Winters and... [Read more]

Curt Schilling says he became spokesman out of respect for WWII hero Winters- May, 2010

By MONICA VON DOBENECK, The Patriot-News Curt Schilling, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, said today that he became the spokesman for a proposed monument to World War II hero Dick Winters because of his great respect for the Hershey man. He said he has watched the... [Read more]

Tim Gray’s Interview with United States Armed Forces Radio Network on The Richard Winters Leadership Project- May 26, 2010

Armed Forces Radio Interview 5-26-2010 I had the honor of appearing on the United States Armed Forces Radio Network today to discuss the Richard Winters Leadership project. Armed Forces Radio continues to reach our troops throughout the world providing them with news from home and the front lines. Armed... [Read more]