1st Lt Richard Winters Leadership Project

This project has been formally approved by Major Richard and Ethel Winters and the Men of Easy Company Association Herb Suerth, President.

Narrator of film: HBO actor (Maj. Dick Winters in Band of Brothers) Damian Lewis.

The Project: A statue will be dedicated in Normandy (Ste. Marie-du-Mont) recognizing (then) First Lieutenant Richard Winters and the leadership abilities of all US Army officers of all divisions and corps during the Normandy phase of Operation Overlord. The statue will be designed by internationally known sculptor Stephen Spears of Fairhope, AL and be the likeness of Lt. Winters. Mr. Spears is the sculptor of the United States World War I Doughboy statue in Cantigny, France and the U.S. Navy World War II monument, dedicated in 2008 outside the Utah Beach museum, Ste. Marie-du-Mont, France.

The Statue: Will be a selected and approved likeness (by the Winters’ family) of (then) 1st Lt. Winters. The statue of Mr. Winters will be positioned in a leadership position (as a leader of men). The statue will be identified as 1st Lt. Richard Winters, E-Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, but will also be representative of ALL the Army officers of all the divisions who were responsible for leading soldiers into combat in Normandy on June 6, 1944 and will showcase all the division insignia of those who fought in Normandy in the very early stages of D-Day. The monument will prominently feature the words Leadership 6-6-1944 and a quote from Major Winters below his likeness.

An HD Documentary Film is also part of the project. It will focus on (Major) Winters’ leadership abilities in Europe in WWII, his ability to motivate, inspire and lead men when initial planning has broken down, all principles that are still important today to those who lead and set the stage for others to succeed. Interviews with E Company men alive today and interviews with Major Winters will be utilized.

National Spokesperson for project: Former Major League All-Star and 3-time World Series winner, Curt Schilling.

For more information on the documentary, go to http://www.timgraymedia.com/