“But success in a military operation always feels short-lived. You shoulder your rifle and move on from there to the next battle.”

— Lynn Compton

Source: Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers (2008), p. 107

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Easy Company soldier turned noted jurist 1921–2012

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