![]() Kennedy, Buck Compton truly embodies the American Dream: college sports star, esteemed combat veteran, detective, attorney, judge. From his years as a two-sport UCLA star who played baseball with Jackie Robinson and football in the 1943 Rose Bowl, through his legendary post-World War II legal career as a prosecutor, in which he helped convict Sirhan Sirhan for the murder of Robert F. Here, Compton tells his own story for the first time. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in critical battles of World War II as a member of Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers. “Buck” Compton.Foreword / Neal McDonough - Preamble: Only in America - First Training Jump - From Benning To Normandy - The Shock At Brecourt - My Movie Career - Dad's Secret - Triumph - Horror - Somehow You Continue - Train For Georgia - To Get A Uniform - Decision of A Lifetime - Wearing the Wings - Joining Easy Company - Beyond D-Day - Carentan - Market-Garden - Wounded - My Last Battle - The End of the War - Return To Normalcy - Vice - Happy Again - My First Trial - Secrets of the DA's Office - Key Cases - RFK Assassination - Sirhan Sirhan's Trial - Finishing on the Bench - Band of Brothers - Last Rants and ReflectionsĪs part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. “Buck” Compton, Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers. Venerate those who live with injuries today and those who didn’t come back.” – Lynn D. ![]() ![]() I don’t want anybody venerating me for my military service. The men who didn’t come back again, so that we can enjoy the freedoms we hold today – the men who gave life and limb for us – they are the real heroes. ” I don’t think what I personally did in the war was any big deal. He was a good friend and supporter of The National WWII Museum and participated in several events throughout the Museum’s history. We will miss him dearly and will continue to honor his memory with all of the Americans that fought and gave their lives in World War II. ![]() Humbled in his service, Compton contiued to promote the series and the story of Easy Company at various military shows and museum events across the country up to the day of his death. Several years later, the book became a popular ten-part HBO miniseries that enabled the men of Easy Company to become household names around the world. Even ten years after the series first aired, it is considered one of the most important World War II books and film projects ever produced. Stephen Ambrose wrote a book about Compton’s World War II unit entitled Band of Brothers. “Buck” Compton entered the public spotlight when Dr. He became a judge in the California Courts of Appeal and served there for twenty years, until he retired in 1990. After the war, Compton attended Loyola University Law School on the GI Bill and became lead prosecutor for the trial of Sirhan Sirhan, the murderer of Robert F. During World War II, Compton joined Easy Company in Aldbourne, England and entered combat with them during the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, parachuted into Holland for Operation Market Garden, and suffered through the bitter cold in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. “Buck” Compton, leader of the 2nd Platoon of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, died on Februat the age of 90.
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