![]() Returned to his unit in time for the Battle of the Bulge, beginning in WHEREAS, First Lieutenant Compton, awarded the Purple Heart, WHEREAS, In September 1944, First Lieutenant Compton served withĪmerican and British Allies in Operation Market Garden, in which First Which Second Lieutenant Compton was awarded the Silver Star, andĮventually promoted to First Lieutenant and WHEREAS, In the face of overwhelming opposition, Second LieutenantĬompton and other soldiers relied upon superior tactics in assaultingĪ German battery, disabling four 105mm guns and routing the enemy, for Parachuted behind enemy lines under perilous conditions and ![]() With Second Lieutenant Compton and other paratroopers from Easy Company Hitler's Fortress Europe, Airborne divisions dropped into Normandy, WHEREAS, On June 6, 1944, as part of the Allied D-Day Invasion of McDonough as Second Lieutenant Compton and Miniseries of the same name, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Neil Visualized on the screen in the critically acclaimed television Recounted in the book "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose and later WHEREAS, His heroic actions in defense of our country were Valor in World War II, having joined the United States Army in earlyġ943, and receiving an assignment to the 2nd platoon of Easy Company,Ģnd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Buck" Compton served his nation with courage and By Senators Benton, Parlette, Hewitt, McAuliffe, Prentice, Schoesler, McCaslin, Stevens, Brandland, Rasmussen, Roach, Fraser, Kohl-Welles, Haugen, Honeyford, Zarelli and Spanel
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