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Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« on: February 29, 2012, 07:27:59 AM »
Won't be long before they're all gone.

"Lynn D. “Buck” Compton, an Army paratrooper whose World War II service was portrayed in the book and HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers” and who later as a prosecutor secured a conviction of Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, died Feb. 26 at his home in Burlington, Wash. He was 90."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/band-of-brothers-veteran-buck-compton-dead-at-90/2012/02/27/gIQAd4xmeR_story.html?hpid=z5
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2012, 08:16:50 AM »
RIP :'(
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2012, 10:54:43 AM »
And when our work is done,
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Be thou at peace."


Buck, sir, be thou at peace...
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2012, 03:34:18 PM »
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2012, 04:25:18 PM »
RIP  :'(
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2012, 07:17:17 PM »
Thank you Buck.  Go rest now. you've more than earned it.
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2012, 09:07:11 PM »
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2012, 11:56:45 PM »
Saw this a little while ago. Less newsworthy than "Justine Beiber's toenail clipping revealed"

That's telling.

Lynn "Buck" Compton, ye'll not be forgotten.
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Re: Buck Compton, Band of Brothers, dies at 90
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2012, 07:25:22 AM »
Rest in Peace, Mr. Compton.  You will be missed.
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