"We salute the rank, not the man” is a famous line from the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). It is spoken by Major Richard Winters (Damian Lewis) in Episode 10, “Points.” After D-Day, Captain Herbert Sobel (formerly Winters’ commanding officer and deeply disliked by Easy Company) encounters Winters. Sobel tries to evade giving Winters a proper salute, which was required because Winters now outranks him. Winters stops him and says the line: “We salute the rank, not the man.” Winters is rem

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Major Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument Normandy, France The Major Winters Leadership Monument stands near the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, just a few miles inland from Utah Beach, one of the key Allied landing sites during D-Day on June 6, 1944. Unveiled on June 6, 2012, the monument honors Major Winters (1918–2011), the respected commander of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, whose leadership and integrity were immortalized in the HBO

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