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Loading... Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (original 2008; edition 2008)by Lt. Lynn Compton, Marcus Brotherton, John McCain (Foreword)
Work InformationCall of Duty: My Life before, during and after the Band of Brothers by Lt. Lynn Compton (2008)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. https://www.instagram.com/p/7mukhpzKKA/ Ummmm... It's hard to say bad things about the Band of brothers heroes... But this just isn't that great of a book. However, it's value is in showing how a person can be stellar and stupid all wrapped in one. Everyone is a combo of good and bad but often, especially with war hero books, it's easy to want the hero to be good at everything, a real superman. Buck, while spouting the standard view of all the other guys being the real heroes, also clearly feels he deep down is one of the good guys and presents his story that way... And yet while he's telling us his story he shows us his failings without even knowing it. That may be the most honest way to tell these guy's stories. Audiobook note : Good narrator The men of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, immortalized in the HBO series Band of Brothers, have inspired me to learn more about these men. With that in mind, I picked up the book called Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers by Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton. Compton served as an officer with Easy Company just after the unit was formed up and through the Battle of Bastogne. Read more Probably the most powerful think Buck Compton says in this book is when he talks about his service. He says when people thank him for his service he just tells them: "My service really only cost me three years of my time. I consider that a small price to pay for the privilege of being born in America." Buck gives us his life story here. He talks about his time in the military and the places that real life and the HBO series Band of Brothers were different. Unlike many WWII memoirs Buck spends a decent amount of time talking about not only his service, but also about his life after the war. Compton went to school to finish the college degree he had started before the war using the GI bill. He joined the LA police department and unusually, went right to their plain clothes division. Compton went to law school at the same time. Eventually he went from police officer to DA. He has some really fascinating stories of cases he tried. Including the one against the killer of Robert Kennedy. Eventually he went on to become a Judge as well. A fascinating life. no reviews | add a review
As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in critical battles of World War II as a member of Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers. Here, Compton tells his own story for the first time. 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. Kennedy, Buck Compton truly embodies the American Dream: college sports star, esteemed combat veteran, detective, attorney, judge. This is the true story of a real-life hero who traveled to a faraway place and put his life on the line for the cause of freedom--and an insightful memoir about courage, leadership, camaraderie, compassion, and success.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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