“Forever Loved, Never Forgotten”
The Navy Gold Star Program is eternally grateful for the sacrifice of those Service Members who have died in service to our country. To help us to never forget, we have set up this tribute page to honor and remember the memory of those lives. If you would like to honor the memory of your Sailor, Soldier, Marine, Airman or Coast Guardsman through the Navy Gold Star website please submit your thoughts and a photo.
Because of the circumstances at Bruce’s death, the King of Syria said he needed to make peace with Israel and the doctor attending his wounds said “Mr. and Mrs. Winters, Here brother hates brother. Brother will kill brother. That is why we have so many laws. But in all of Arabia, we have NEVER seen such love as surrounds your son.” (His men had jumped ship to be with him.)
His father was Stationed in England where Bruce was born. Bruce graduated high School at age 7. At 12 & 13 he and his brother were the youngest Sailboat Captains at the military recreation facility at Lake Chemsee, Germany as well as Sail plane pilots. He was a NAVCAD in the Navy, flying a CH36. He also did everything Tom Cruise did in “Top Gun”.