Second World War Training , 1942 Winters wrote in his memoirs that he chose to
volunteer for induction under Selective Service after graduating from college and complete the required one year of service rather than waiting for a conventional call-up at a later date that might "interrupt a promising business career," subsequently availing himself of any future service commitment should the United States remain neutral; though Winters "felt a strong sense of duty," he "had no desire to get into the war." Winters was inducted into the Army on August 25, 1941, at the
New Cumberland Reception Center near
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In September, he was assigned to
Camp Croft,
South Carolina, for
basic training. which were firing onto the causeways that served as the principal exits from
Utah Beach.
Korean War After his discharge from the Army, Winters worked as a production supervisor for his close wartime friend Captain
Lewis Nixon at Nixon's family business,
Nixon Nitration Works of
Nixon, New Jersey (now Edison Township), rising to become general manager in 1950. On May 16, 1948, Winters married Ethel Estoppey and continued to pursue his education through the
GI Bill, attending a number of business and personnel management courses at
Rutgers University. In 1951, he and his wife bought a small farm where later they built a home and raised two children. In June 1951, Winters was recalled to active duty in the Army during the
Korean War. He was ordered to join the
11th Airborne Division at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, but he was given six months to report and in this time he traveled to Washington, D.C., to speak to
General Anthony McAuliffe, in the hope that he could convince the Army not to send him to Korea. He explained to McAuliffe that he had seen enough of war and apparently McAuliffe understood his position, but explained that he was needed because of his command experience. Winters then reported to
Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he was assigned as a regimental planning and training officer. While at Fort Dix, Winters became disillusioned with his job, finding that he had little enthusiasm for training officers who lacked discipline and did not attend their scheduled classes. As a result, he volunteered to attend
Ranger School, where he passed and became a Ranger. He then received orders to deploy to Korea and traveled to Seattle, where, during pre-deployment administration, he was offered the option of resigning his commission, which he accepted. ==Later life==