Lyn Compton passes away (1 Viewer)

I read his memoirs very interesting. Not many of them left now
Mitch
 
We guys are so lucky there were those guys.

Think I'll watch a couple of B.O.B eps tomorrow.^&cool

Rob
 
WOW!! You guys are good, the 506 association hadnt even announced it this quickly.

STANDS ALONE SIR!!

RIP to a Currahee legend.
 
Probably like most of you, BOB is one of my all time favorite depictions of World War II. I have seen it many times and never tire of seeing it again. I wonder how much of the story line was true about Buck Compton. Did he really have a breakdown as shown in the series? He was actually a very good athlete at UCLA where he was the catcher on the baseball team and started at guard in the 1943 Rose Bowl game against Georgia. He played with Jackie Robinson on both teams. He was a P.E. major and also took ROTC. When he got out of the service, he became a policeman. He then went on to law school and worked for the district attorney's office in Los Angeles County. He was one of the prosecuting attorneys in the Sirhan Sirhan case. He was appointed a judge by Ronald Regan and ultimately became an appeals court judge.
 
ucla1967 said:
Probably like most of you, BOB is one of my all time favorite depictions of World War II. I have seen it many times and never tire of seeing it again. I wonder how much of the story line was true about Buck Compton. Did he really have a breakdown as shown in the series? He was actually a very good athlete at UCLA where he was the catcher on the baseball team and started at guard in the 1943 Rose Bowl game against Georgia. He played with Jackie Robinson on both teams. He was a P.E. major and also took ROTC. When he got out of the service, he became a policeman. He then went on to law school and worked for the district attorney's office in Los Angeles County. He was one of the prosecuting attorneys in the Sirhan Sirhan case. He was appointed a judge by Ronald Regan and ultimately became an appeals court judge.
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Mike, the obit that ran in the Washington Post mentioned the breakdown and how he was out of combat for the rest of the war. Also listed the other facts that you listed. He was quite an individual. -- Al
 
lancer said:
Mike, the obit that ran in the Washington Post mentioned the breakdown and how he was out of combat for the rest of the war. Also listed the other facts that you listed. He was quite an individual. -- Al
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Thanks Al. I wondered about the breakdown; I thought it must be true since BOB was about real people and it wouldn't have been appropriate to make something like that up. The Washington Post is a great newspaper. We subscribed to it for three years when we lived in Virginia.
 
It's been too long since I read his memoir but I think he downplayed it as a significant issue. From memory he was rested against his will. His book was published to essentially redress his portrayal in the show, especially this incident. Perhaps someone who still has the book will look it up for us?
 
The late Lynn "Buck" Compton was one of the few surviving heroes of Easy Company veterans of 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division that served in the ETO, WWII.

I think we should remember and honour his distinguished service to his country not only as a decorated WWII veteran, but as a former LAPD police officer, lead prosecutor in the Robert F. Kennedy assasination and as a State of California Court of Appeals judge. He was also a college sports star at UCLA playing football and baseball before his military service.

By coincidence, I watched Episode 7 "The Breaking Point" of the Band of Brothers HBO TV miniseries last Saturday 25th February 2012, the date on which Buck Compton passed on.

Having watched this series many times over the last 10 years or so, I have always wondered if the producers and directors of the Band of Brothers TV miniseries consulted Buck Compton about his portrayal in the series. In my opinion, it would have been the proper thing to do if Spielberg and Hanks wanted to raise public awareness of PTSD.

His book written with Marcus Brotherton is entitled "Call of Duty. My Life Before, During and After Band of Brothers" published in 2008. I have yet to read it, but some book reviewers say it was written to address what was less than accurate portrayal in the TV miniseries.

Respectfully,

Raymond.
 
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