June 6, 1944. Brecourt Manor, France. Upon arrival at the battery location, Winters(101st) made his plan: he positioned a pair of machine guns for covering fire and sent several soldiers to one flank to destroy a machine gun position with grenades and provide covering fire. Reinforcements from Company D, led by 2d Lt. Ronald C. Speirs, arrived to complete the assault. Speirs had a reputation as an excellent and extremely aggressive officer. Winters also directed the fire of two American tanks which arrived later from Utah Beach to eliminate remaining German resistance.