General description of the collection: The Richard D. Winters collection spans the years 1930-2005, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the periods, 1943-1945 and 1990-2004. The collection documents Winters' military service in World War II and the Korean War and Winters' correspondence with the men of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment over the years. The collection consists of photocopies of Winters' personal papers and personnel documents; and photocopies of correspondence, memoirs, news clippings, oral history transcripts and photographs from the men in Easy Company. Also, included are photocopies of oral history transcripts, drafts and critiques of Stephen Ambrose's book, BAND OF BROTHERS , the BAND OF BROTHERS television series BIBLE, and research material from Winters' autobiography, BEYOND THE BAND OF BROTHERS. Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, memoirs, personnel documents, awards / certificates, organizational documents, unit histories, clippings, oral histories, reports / studies, diaries / journals, questionnaires, photographs. Contains information pertaining to the following wars : World War II (WWII), Korean War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Other keywords / subjects: Normandy, Bastogne, Belgium, Berchtesgarden, Battle of the Bulge, Operation Market-Garden, Operation Chicago, Operation Overload, Eindhoven, concentration camps, Holland, Landsberg, Holocaust. Named people / organizations: James H. Alley, Roderick G. Bain, Kenneth Baldwin, Leo D. Boyle, Robert B. Brewer, William Brown, Thomas H. Burgess, James D. Campbell, Gordon F. Carson, Burton "Pat" Christenson, Max Clark, Lynn D. Compton, James L. Diel, Rudolph R. Dittrich, Joseph Dominguez, Jack E. Foley, Bradford C. Freeman, Anthony Garcia, Tom L. Gibson, Eugene S. Gilmore, Walter S. Gordon, Jr., Charles E. Grant, William J. Guarnere, Forrest L. Guth, Earl L. Hale, Herman "Hack" Hanson, Lester A. Hashey, Edward "Babe" Heffron, Walter L. Hendrix, Clarence Hester, Fred "Moose" Heyliger, Leonard Hicks, Joseph E. Hogan, Clarence S. Howell, William A. Howell, Charles A. Hudson, Eugene Jackson, Ed Joint, Donald King, Joseph A. Lesniewski, C. Carwood Lipton, Dewitt Lowrey, George Luz, Clancy Lyall, James R. Lynch, Donald G. Malarky, John S. Maloney, John W. Martin, Salve H. Matheson, John G. Mayer, Bill Maynard, Earl McClung, Thomas Meehan, III, Francis Mellett, Kenneth J. Mercier, Donald J. Moone, Walter Moore, Alton More, David E. Morris, William E. Morris, Warren Muck, Norman W. Neitzke, Lewis Nixon, Patrick S. O'Keefe, Alex M. Penkala, Jr., Frank J. Perconte, Philip P. Perugini, John Plesha, Darrell C. Powers, Robert J. Rader, Denver Randleman, Mike Ranney, Ralph D. Richey, Jr., Eugene G. Roe, Paul C. Rogers, Edward F. Sabo, Edward D. Shames, John L. Sheehy, Robert F. Sink, Wayne A. Sisk, Campbell T. Smith, Robert Smith, Robert T. Smith, Herbert M. Sobel, Ronald C. Speirs, Ralph F. Spina, Ralph I. Stafford, Benjamin F. Stapelfeld, Edward H. Stein, J.B. Stokes, Benjamin J. Stoney, Robert L. Strayer, Roderick G. Strohl, Floyd M. Talbert, Amos J. Taylor, John Taylor, Edward J. Tipper, Joseph D. Toye, William True, Allen C. Vest, William H. Wagner, David K. Webster, James W. Welling, Harry F. Welsh, Walter H. Wentzel, William T. Wingett, William H. Woodcock, Richard W. Wright, Robert E. Wynn, George F. Yochum, Henry C. Zimmerman.
