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Lynn D. Compton, also known as "Buck" Compton, was born December 31, 1921 in Los Angeles, California. Compton joined the Army in 1943 and served in World War II as a First Lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. While serving, he won several awards and vis mere honors including: Silver Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, and the World War II Victory Medal. After the war, Compton attended Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and became a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Later, he joined the District Attorney's office, and in 1964, he was promoted to chief deputy district attorney. While with the District Attorney's office, Compton successfully prosecuted Sirhan Sirham for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy. Compton is now retired and lives in the state of Washington. He has two children. vis mindre

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The problem with this book isn't how its written because it is pretty interesting. The problem is the constant sniping by the author against fellow Americans. The book closes with a depressing jingoistic chapter that, like Heinlein's later works, you just with an editor would have excised out.
 
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frfeni | 5 andre anmeldelser | Jan 31, 2021 |
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
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marshapetry | 5 andre anmeldelser | Oct 16, 2020 |
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… (mere)
 
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