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

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Secrets have power over us. Only when secrets are revealed can truth be known and freedom brought about.

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

Constantly we anticipated a large-scale nighttime attack. But day after day, night after night, it never came.

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

The life I've led has only been made possible because I'm an American. The astounding people I've met along the way, the astonishing experience I've had, and the amazing opportunities I've been given have far exceeded anything I could have ever hoped for or expected.

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

You have a tendency to think of wars as being fought in arenas set aside for fighting. But when you go through these farms and little towns, you realize wars are fought in people's backyards, stores, streets, and cities. It was all so very real then. It's real to me today.

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

Sometimes the greatest signs of strength are demonstrated when you relive the hardest parts of your life. I'm not a man easily given to emotion. I hate to cry. Yet there are three things that cause me to tear up today. One is when I talk about the love I have for America. The second I'll tell you about later in this book. The third is whenever I remember by dad's suicide.

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

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