In real life, while I was hollering for the medic, trying to figure out what to do, I remember two distinct thoughts: How are we going to help the wounded guys?…Maybe this is the time the Germans are really going to get us all.”
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Compton wrote in his autobiography, “…although I was affected by the horrors of Bastogne, I do not believe I was clinically shell shocked, as the series portrays me. In January 1945, Compton left Easy Company for another assignment.Īccording to Band of Brothers, though ostensibly evacuated for severe trench foot, his transfer was due in part to combat fatigue, culminating when Compton witnessed two of his closest friends, Joe Toye and William Guarnere, being badly maimed by artillery fire resulting in each losing a leg. After a partial recovery, he returned to Easy Company in time for the siege in the frozen Ardennes that became known as the Battle of the Bulge. Nicknames (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate these nicknames: List of known nicknames for 'Lynn Compton': Lynn 'Buck' Compton, Judge Lynn Compton, Buck.
The bullet traveled sideways, through one side of the buttocks and out the other side. This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term Lynn Compton. 'Buck' Compton, 90, a veteran whose World War II exploits were depicted in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, died Saturday in Burlington, Wash.
Later in 1944, Compton was shot through the buttocks while participating in Operation Market Garden, the Allies’ ill-fated attempt to seize a number of bridges in the Netherlands and cross the Rhine River into Germany. During the battle, he threw a grenade, that was said to have no arc, and hit the German soldier on the back of the helmet. Episode two (“Day of Days”) of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers depicts this assault. Compton was awarded the Silver Star for his action in disabling the guns. Need help ironing out some inconsistencies between Comptons and Liptons accounts regarding Lts Raymond Schmitz and Warren Roush. During the company’s action at Brécourt Manor, Compton and others, under the leadership of Lieutenant Richard Winters, assaulted a German battery of four 105 mm howitzers firing on Utah Beach, disabling the guns and routing the enemy. In December 1943, Lynn Compton joined the Army and was assigned to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division prior to Operation Overlord. Buck Compton, Baby Animal Activist, Russell Crowe, Trials Of Apollo, Kane.
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