Major Dick Winters Tribute Part 2 of 10: Wild Bill Guarnere LIVE on air: 12th January 2011

In this segment, recorded on 12th January 2011, Easy company veteran 'WILD' Bill Guarnere pays tribute to Major Winters. Bill was portrayed in Band Of Brothers by Frank John Hughes.

Major Dick Winters passed away on January 2nd 2011. He was 92 years old. Winters was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band Of Brothers by Damian Lewis.

On January 12th 2011, we hosted a special tribute to Major Winters on www.blackskyradio.com. Over 45,000 people from 90 different countries around the world tuned in LIVE.

Our guests included...

Easy company veterans Bill Guarnere, Babe Heffron, Buck Compton and Brad Freeman.

Band Of Brothers cast members Captain Dale Dye, Ross McCall and Richard Speight Jr.

Two-time Emmy Award winning producer and writer Tim Gray.

Larry Alexander author of 'Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers'.

OUR BAND OF BROTHERS CAST INTERVIEWS
To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the making of HBO's epic mini series Band Of Brothers, Ross Owen in conjuction with Black Sky Radio is catching up with the actors in a series of exclusive interviews.

The interviews are being aired on http://BlackSkyRadio.com/ throughout 2010/11.

Full Details at: http://bandofbrotherswherearetheynow.blogspot.com/

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[ojuist]

Wild Bill is still sharp as a tack! And just think, he was the one who never thought he'd live past D-Day.

[sinfulairborne]

RIP , my idol major winters , remember we stand alone toguether !! and Curraheeeeeeee

[iamthewalrus374]

I think Guarnere would make an awesome drinking body, even at his age!

[Thomhonor]

"You don't know what freedom is, until you lose it!"

"Je weet niet wat vrijheid is, tot je het verliest!"

Thanks for all what you've done for my country! God bless you!

[steandrews1]

they were ordinary men in extraordinary times doing their duty to the best of their ability right people in the right place at the right time.

[sffanning]

God bless these great men who were reluctant heroes. I'd love to meet Bill and thank him for his service to our country during a time when we were in the most peril.

[gunfighter95]

wild bill is my idol

[JTucker3]

Guarnere's memory is as sharp as ever, what a man, what a hero.

Currahee!

[davor1873]

hahahaha bill guarnere is absolute quality !!!!!

[darthgrahf]

Jesus Christ, the actor sounds just like him. XDD

[BHDmalarkey]

He is one of my role models in my life.

[egdqv13234]

haha ''Kwaker XD'' Bill salut R.I.P Best leader Dick Winters))))))