Easy company was surrounded by Germans in Sept. 1944. Richard Winters sealed the town of Uden off and Winters and Nixon watched the Germans from the belfry of the church.
Major Richard "Dick" D. Winters (January 21, 1918 – January 2, 2011) was a United States Army officer and decorated war veteran. He commanded Company "E", 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, during World War II.