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    Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
    Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
    Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
    Audiobook9 hours

    Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers

    Written by Marcus Brotherton and Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton

    Narrated by Dick Hill

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    About this audiobook

    As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton fought in the critical battles of Normandy and Market Garden and in the freezing cold of Bastogne. Easy Company, immortalized as the Band of Brothers, stands today as an unparalleled icon of brotherhood and bravery under fire.

    Here, Compton tells his own story for the first time, revealing how the skills, work ethic, and discipline he learned as a young man served as the foundation for the courage and selflessness he displayed during the deadliest conflict of the twentieth century. 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, Compton truly embodies the American dream: college sports star, esteemed combat veteran, detective, attorney, and 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 the opportunities for success that can only happen in America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 20, 2008
    ISBN9781400177349
    Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
    Author

    Marcus Brotherton

    Marcus Brotherton is a New York Times bestselling author and collaborative writer known for his books with high-profile public figures, humanitarians, inspirational leaders, and military personnel. He has authored or coauthored more than twenty-five books and substantively edited more than thirty-five others. Marcus’s books include the widely acclaimed Shifty’s War, We Who Are Alive & Remain, A Company of Heroes, and Feast for Thieves.    

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    • 5/5
      Absolutely exceptional. Buck Compton’s story is stirring. One if the best Band of Brothers memoirs.

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    • 3/5
      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
    • 4/5
      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.