All he needed was somebody to talk to him. [WWII]

>[Winters](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Richard_Winters.jpeg) circulated among the wounded. One of them was [Pvt. Albert Blithe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Blithetoccoa.jpg). >”How’re you doing, Blithe? What’s the matter?” >”I can’t see, sir. I can’t see.” >”Take it easy, relax. You’ve got a ticket out of here, we’ll get you out of here in a hurry. You’ll be going back to England. You’ll be O.K. Relax,” Winters said, and started to move on. >Blithe began to get up. “Take it easy,” Winters told him. “Stay still.” >”I can see, I can see, sir! I can see you!” >Blithe got up and rejoined the company. “Never saw anything like it,” Winters said. “He was that scared he blacked out. Spooky. This kid just completely could not see, and all he needed was somebody to talk to him for a minute and calm him down.” ____________________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Move Out!” *Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 98. Print. ____________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Major Richard Davis "Dick" Winters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Winters) [Master Sergeant Albert Blithe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Blithe)