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 of the Battle of the Bulge in WWII, confirmed the 501 (c)(3) contribution today.

“We are very happy to have the support of the Men of Easy,” said Tim Gray, President of Tim Gray Media. “The organization is made up of the original members of E Company, so to have their support really validates what we are doing to honor Major Winters and all the American soldiers and all the divisions who led the way on D-Day,” Gray said.

“We are just back from a very successful meeting with town officials in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France,” Gray continued. “We have identified a location (photos below) for the leadership monument and all I can say is that the location is just spectacular, overlooking Utah Beach and with views of the church steeple in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Brecourt Manor and Carentan. All of these locations were important in the display of leadership exhibited by Major Winters on D-Day and the days after the Allied invasion,” Gray said.

To learn more about the Richard Winters Leadership Project, please click here.

To visit the official Men of Easy Company web site, please click here.

To see photos of the proposed location for the Richard Winters Leadership monument in Normandy, please click here. Photos of site begin at bottom of page one.