# Quote — Lynn Compton, Call of Duty

> Ted Sten, the deputy in charge of the Long Beach office and my new supervisor, had a reputation for an acerbic personality and being difficult to work with. I reported for duty expecting the worst. To my surprise, Ted Sten greeted me warmly. "Hmmm. Buck Compton," he said. "You live where?" "North Hollywood." He grinned. "Boy, someone must sure be mad at you." He shook my hand. "Welcome aboard."

- Author: [Lynn Compton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lynn-compton.md)
- Book: [Call of Duty](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lynn-compton/call-of-duty.md)
- Page: 191
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lynn_Compton#Call_of_Duty:_My_Life_Before,_During_and_After_the_Band_of_Brothers_(2008)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/lynn-compton/call-of-duty/ted-sten-the

## More from this book

> As young people, my generation would see a lot of death. I don't think I ever grew accustomed to it. It came in darkness and fervor, by our airplanes, rifles, parachutes, and tanks. But there was something about that first death I experienced the summer of 1939 when I was just eighteen, years before the war, that stayed with me so strongly. Those first few seasons after my father died were dark indeed.

p. 54 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lynn-compton/call-of-duty/as-young-people.md)

> 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.

p. 53 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lynn-compton/call-of-duty/sometimes-the-greatest.md)

> Just before Christmas, 1944, we got word that the Germans had closed the circle around Bastogne. This meant that the 101st Airborne was now completely surrounded by the enemy. Dick Winters said once that being surrounded was no problem for paratroopers- we were used to that. For me, it's hard to describe the feeling of isolation. The heavy fog meant that we were cut off from any help from the sky. We were alone, out in the woods, surrounded, with desperately low supplies. We were in day-to-day survival mode. Build the occasional fire. Melt some snow. Find something to eat. Cook it in your helmet. Stay out of harm's way. Just do what you need to do to get through the day.

p. 138 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lynn-compton/call-of-duty/just-before-christmas.md)