Idk why it just occurred to me that Grace might be referring Dick's son Richard here in "Lewis has talked so much about Dick". Dick's son's full name is Richard T. Winters, so Richard Winters III his nickname is also Dick.
Via here
At first I thought Grace was referring to our Major Dick and I was wondering they hadn't met until 1983??? but from the context it didn't make sense so I went to look up Dick's son's name, my bad I never paid attention to his name before.
So the most important thing is Nix has talked a lot about Dick's son??? When Richard was born Dick was still working for Nixon Nitration so Nix must have known him from then, I wonder who is your godfather Richard...
✦ WINNIX // “Home in the Meadow” ‐ Debbie Reynolds.
“My friend, Lew, died in 1995. I took up his job offer and was a personnel manager at the Nixon nitration works until I was called back into service in 1950 to train officers and rangers... I chose not to go to Korea. I’d had enough of war. I stayed around Hershey, Pennsylvania, finally finding a little farm. A little peaceful corner of the world...”
"Dad has this record of "People Will Say We're in Love." Reminds me of a couple I once knew, so there's that tricky smile on my lips and a wee bit of twinkle in my eye as I listen."
— Dick Winters in a letter to DeEtta Almon
this video could not have been made without yna @evidenceof: i compiled all your wonderful posts, but every single historical photograph, letter, quote, and transcript you see (including the one above!) was scanned or collected by her. thank you for everything, and for providing inspiration and motivation to work on such an ambitious project!
more credits/sources under the cut ->
the style of this video was inspired in part by (and could never live up to) twelve years a clown and a new season by kira @remythologise. you do well-sourced fandom meta as comedy so well!
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS CITED (in order of appearance; sourced by yna unless otherwise specified):
Letter to from Bob Gibson to Harry Welsh
Conversations with Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed (partially via @sheletlune here)
Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Don Malarkey, Bob Welch
Band of Brothers panel at the American Veterans Center Conference (2007)
From Toccoa to Europe: On the Ground with Easy Company from The National World War II Museum
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters by Larry Alexander
Letters from Dick Winters to DeEtta Almon
Band of Brothers show bible (via USAHEC)
Ron Livingston interviewed by Ross Owen for The Story So Far podcast (via @sidsledge here)
Letters from Lewis Nixon to Dick Winters
Mark Cowen's interview of Dick Winters
Dick Winters' eulogy for Lewis Nixon
Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife from The Gettysburg Museum of History [disputed]
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters
Letter from Grace Nixon to Dick Winters
Letter from Dick Winters to Lewis Nixon
FAN POSTS FEATURED (in order of appearance):
Tom Hanks meme by @bleedingcoffee42
Gay people can never flirt normally by @4o4notf0und
Tags on this post (by @stopstopstopit) from @igotyoubabeheffron, @randlemartin, @mr-chatterboxs-column
Why is he looking at him lighting a cigarette like that by @sidsledge
Tags on this post (by @airborneinfantry) from @roedotjpg, @holdingforgeneralhugs, @airborneinfantry, @boogiesheep
This yaoi shit is life or death by @bleedingcoffee42
Yearning disease by @evidenceof
Fujo goggles by @sidleckie
I'd follow him to hell by @stopstopstopit
What are your thoughts on... by @balladofthe101st
Their souls are literally intertwined by @stopstopstopit
Harry Welsh art by @foxholebuttfinder
Live Harry reaction by @finalgirljesus
Addicted to chilling with gay guys by @ww2yaoi
He gave him chocolates by @sidsledge
Loving your best friend so much by @sidsledge
Happy VE Day by @evidenceof
Getting your shit rocked by @sidsledge
Tags on this post (by @searchingforacircuitbreaker) from @sleepy-hyperfixations, @siiiiideblooooog, @redhcad, @kazanskied, @hanniewinnix, @danopdf, @cock-guillotine
Fellas, is it gay by @luckyreds
Tank fanart by @andromeddog
Bastogne fanart by @roberttingle
He's the exception to everything by @runaeveena
The Inherent Homoeroticism of War Media by @oatflatwhite
A photo of Kitty Grogan in her wedding dress. Harry Welsh carried his reserve chute throughout the Normandy campaign so that he could send it home so Kitty could use it for her wedding dress. They were married for 29 years until his death in 1995
Dick Winters would never accept this from anyone without hating them forever and ever, but Lewis Nixon comes to 'work' and says this and Dick's got a new fond memory of his philanthropist boyfriend who single handedly changes lives in Nixon, NJ by not taking work away from the needy.
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