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My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers
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Dick Hill
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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.
©2008 Lt. Lynn “Buck” Compton (P)2008 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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Fans of Stephen E. Ambrose’s Band of Brothers will be drawn to this complex portrait of the controversial Ronald Speirs, an iconic commander of celebrated Easy Company during D-Day and beyond, whose ferocious courage and drive across three wars were matched by a devotion to duty and a hidden heart shadowed by lost love.
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Felt like a historical yet cursory summary
- By JWalkup on 06-30-22
By: Jared Frederick, and others
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Biggest Brother
- The Life of Major Dick Winters, the Man Who Led the Band of Brothers
- By: Larry Alexander
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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They were Easy Company, 101st Army Airborne - the World War II fighting unit legendary for their bravery against nearly insurmountable odds and their loyalty to one another in the face of death. Every soldier in this band of brothers looked to one man for leadership, devotion to duty, and the embodiment of courage: Major Dick Winters. This is the riveting story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero.
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Excellent!
- By Vera Family on 09-24-21
By: Larry Alexander
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D-Day with the Screaming Eagles
- By: George Koskimaki
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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In the predawn darkness of D-Day, an elite fighting force struck the first blows against Hitler's Fortress Europe. Braving a hail of enemy gunfire and mortars, bold invaders from the sky descended into the hedgerow country and swarmed the meadows of Normandy. Some would live, some would die, but all would fight with the guts and determination that made them the most famous US Army division in World War II: the 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagles".
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Very long and mostly boring for audiobook
- By R. Denton on 06-27-16
By: George Koskimaki
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
- Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
- By: Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 16 hrs
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In November 1965, some 450 men of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating.
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The truth
- By Bobbyg on 10-08-19
By: Harold G. Moore, and others
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Parachute Infantry
- An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich
- By: David Kenyon Webster
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
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David Kenyon Webster's memoir is a clear-eyed, emotionally charged chronicle of youth, camaraderie, and the chaos of war. Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a firsthand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.
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The Finest Infantry Memoir of WWII
- By Michael Richards on 11-21-16
An excellent account, and true words to live by
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He cared about his country
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Life
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MORE THAN BOB
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The Original Call of Duty
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His politics appeared hard right leaning but I feel I could have a worthwhile conversation even if we ended up disagreeing.
A straight forward patriot
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YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, NOOOO!
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There are some good parts of the book that provide interesting information about the Band of Brothers and I found much of stories about Buck???s life in the time before and after the war entertaining. As long as the reader understands that this is a biography of a man???s life and that in that life he was part of the Band of Brothers I would recommend this book as an entertaining listen and Dick Hill does a great job narrating.
This is a Biography!
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The story dragged but I persisted. Comes from a defensive stance on how he was portrayed in Band of Brothers. I like long books but this narrator lacked skills to draw me in & his voice grated on me the whole time. Interesting story & patriotic.
Narrator lacking
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I highly recommend Call of Duty, and I hope that my children will also listen to the story.
Another great historical story
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