Thank you for your service We will always be gratefull. May he rest in peace with his beloved wife and his fellow troopers.ĭuring the interview segment of the miniseries Band of Brothers, Winters quoted a passage from a letter he received from Sergeant Mike Ranney, "I cherish the memories of a question my grandson asked me the other day when he said, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' Grandpa said 'No… but I served in a company of heroes…'"
He worked for more than 25 years with the CIA where he met Bob Brewer, the Lt who got hit in the neck during Market Garden, and miraculously survived, they became good friends.Īmos ‘Buck’ Taylor made his final jump on August 23 rd 2011. In May 1945 he married his youth girlfriend Elaine, and got four children.
In Bastogne shortly before the attack on Foy he got hit on his leg and foot, which that was the end of his war.īuck spent 11 month in hospitals in the UK and the USA, before he recovered. In Normandy It took him 4 day’s to get with the rest of ‘E’ Company, he also got a minor wound.īuck got wounded in Holland after a motorcycle accident, but recovered. In England, Buck Taylor was also one of the NCO’s who were part of the ultimatum against Capt.
He enlisted for the paratroopers in Juli 1942, together with Forrest Guth, Rod Strohl, Carl Fenstermaker & Walter Gordon. Lynn "Buck" Compton around in our WWII Jeep during the Eindhoven liberation parade in 2007.īuck Taylor ‘E’ comp veteran passed away just 10 days after his beloved wife Elaine Taylor.īuck Taylor is one of the original Toccoa men. Lynn ‘Buck’ Compton died on February 26th 2012 in Burlington, WA. In 1964 he was promoted to ‘Chief Deputy District Attorney’.ĭuring his time with the District Attorney's Office, he successfully prosecuted Sirhan Sirhan for the murder of Robert F. He saw his two best friends, Bill Guarnere & Joe Toye laying in a pool of blood, both missing a leg.Īfter the war, he married Donna Newman, and adopted two children, he went to law school and became a detective at the LAPD. It was there he could not handle it anymore. He rejoined Easy Company in Mourmelon France, and went in to the hell of Bastogne. He said: “Leave me for the Germans, I’m too heavy to carry”. He had four holes in his body with only one bullet.īill Guarnere took the initiative to evacuate him on a barn door, but he was not pleased with that. Later during Operation Market Garden in Holland he was shot in the behind, and the men joked about it. He was awarded a Silver Star for that action. In Normandy, Buck participated in the Brecourt Manoir attack and helped to eliminate the German 105s. He got along very well with the NCO’s and privates, for which he had to answer for to Lt. 506th PIR 101st ABD, while the company was in England prior to the invasion of Europe. He joined the Army in December 1943, and was assigned to E Comp. While at the University of California, Buck proved to be an excellent athlete, and was a catcher at the UCLA baseball team. Lynn Compton was born on December 31st 1921 in Los Angeles CA. Clancy grew up on their family farm in Orange, Texas until they moved to Marcus Hook,
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