That is an utterly disheartening statement.
I don’t know that he meant it that way, but our cemeteries in France are incredible. They maintain them like Augusta National Golf Course - they are beautiful and the rows of crosses and stars perfectly aligned place a lump in your throat that will never leave you. It is the most humbling ground I have ever walked upon.
Dick Winters was a great man and every generation prays they have men like him when needed. A tremendous leader who is still studied at Infantry Officer Basic for the Army.