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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.
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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. Past generations have given much, so that we can live for what matters.Lynn D. Today’s generations need to understand that freedom isn’t free. One huge takeaway for us is increased gratefulness. Ultimately, this book is about heroics, empathy, and healing-all things needed in big supply these days. In a twist to his story, he met a teenage girl in Manila, and they became unlikely, smitten friends who helped each other endure. For the remainder of the war, Joe struggled to survive as a POW of Imperial Japan in some of the harshest conditions known to mankind. Sent to the Philippines, Joe fought on Bataan and Corregidor until General Wainwright’s surrender on May 6, 1942. It’s an incredible true story about a 14-year-old named Joe Johnson who fibbed about his age and enlisted in the Army just before Pearl Harbor to escape a difficult home life. The opportunity came with A BRIGHT AND BLINDING SUN. As Hemingway articulated, I wanted to “write hard and clear about what hurts,” then lay the wound open to light.
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I wanted to write a full book about one veteran who’d fought in the Pacific-so we as readers could enter the depth of his experiences and see history in new and personal ways. When historian Adam Makos and I interviewed veterans for our bestselling 2013 oral history project “Voices of the Pacific,” I grasped more fully what Buck was hinting at. Buck-who’d been a commissioned officer with the legendary Band of Brothers-was talking to me about World War II, and I remarked about the difficulty he’d experienced during the wintery siege of Bastogne.īuck agreed then said: “Yeah, but at least I wasn’t fighting in the Pacific. Buck Compton and I were waiting for a plane during a speaking tour. Today! My new book, A BRIGHT AND BLINDING SUN, officially releases.
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