Second Lieutenant Compton commanded the second platoon of Easy Company in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the famed 101st Airborne Division about which so many tales are told. Through his life and his words, we can find much to admire in men like him. He knew that there is no greatness without courage, no faith in country without devotion to fellows, no commitment to duty without service to others. Buck Compton knew this, and this understanding shaped his life and destiny. Men and women, no matter how meager their origins or difficult their circumstances, possess within them the potential to alter the course of history. We today, and all who follow, are in their debt. In choosing this course, no matter its cost, an entire generation of men and women helped save the world from the evils of Nazism. The “Band of Brothers,” that company of citizen- soldiers who helped our country wage and win World War II, represented that timeless virtue, the unselfish determination to serve a cause greater than our self-interest. America has relied throughout its history on the courage and honor of extraordinary citizens who, though they may come from the most ordinary of situations, stand up when duty calls them to act. In telling of that remarkable generation of men who risked everything – everything – to defeat the evils of fascism, the tale of Easy Company’s bravery and valor has inspired its own, new generation of Americans.Īs rightly it should. “The “Band of Brothers” story rightly took America by storm.
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