As he was walking away, another German bombardment hit their position and Luz was knocked to the ground. He then made fun of Dike by mimicking what he said to a group of guys, before being reprimanded by Lipton. Luz exchanged a look of disbelief with Lipton and said “What the fuck?”. Norman Staunton Dike approached Luz and Lipton, saying he was going to get help, before running off. under command of Generalleutnant Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg, Heisterman, age 46, was executed on 02-02-1945 by a Wehrmacht firing squad at a proving ground near Olympic Stadium in the Charlottenburg (present-day Westend) district of Berlin.ĭuring a bombardment which took off Sergeant Toye’s leg, replacement Lieutenant.
Before the movie’s end, they were pulled off the line and headed to Bastogne, Belgium on December 17 to relieve the Nazi-battered 28th Infantry Division.
BUCK COMPTON OBITUARY MOVIE
While watching a movie during a lull in action, Luz began pestering 1st Sergeant Carwood Cliffort “the Man” Lipton and Sergeant Joseph J “Joe” Toye by mimicking his favorite line, “got a penny?”, in a deep and exaggerated way. He then headed to Mourmelon, France on November 26. Luz then helped take out two SS Companies at The Crossroads on October 5. From there, they moved to “The Island” on October 2. They all got a warm welcome at my hometown Eindhoven, but met a fierce attack at Nuenen on September 20. Luz and Easy then dropped into Holland for Operation Market Garden on September 17-1944. Buck Compton died 25-02-2012, aged 90, in Burlington, Washington Compton switches to his stronger hand and the con is complete when they win two packs of cigarettes. Compton losing the first game whilst playing left handed, was “reminded” by Luz that he was in fact, right handed. Luz and Compton executed the perfect grift on Heffron. While clearing buildings with Corporal Donal Brenton “Hoob” Hoobler, Luz heard French voices inside one building and unknowingly had save their lives, as Hoob wanted to grenade the building.Īfter Normandy, Luz was seen playing darts with 1st Lieutenant “Buck” Compton, and a replacement named Private Edward James “Babe” Heffron.
They eventually regrouped with everyone else and began taking the town over. When asked by Welsh where the others were, Luz responded “I have no idea!”, bewildered such a question was asked while under fire by the Germans. Marie-du-Mont the next day.Īt the town of Carentan, Luz and others charged the town however, a German machine gun opened up and cut down two other paratroopers. Luz dropped and grouped with his company at Ste. A smart thing on Luz’s part, because a German AA round blew up near where Cobb’s seat, wounding him and making him unable to drop. Roy died age 75, died in January 1990 at Niagara, New York. Luz was never found out.ĭuring the drop for D-day into Normandy on June 6, 1944, Luz traded seats with Roy W Cobb. While there, Luz was able trick a lost CPT Sobel into cutting a farmer’s fence, after some encouragement from his fellow soldiers, by mimicking Major Oliver Martin Horton, getting Sobel into trouble. He earned his jump wings at Fort Benning and, after extra training, deployed with the rest of the 506th to England. George was trained under the harsh leadership of 1st Lieutenant Herbert Maxwel Sobel, the Company CO. Luz decided to join the Airborne on 25-08-1942 at Providence, Rhode Island he went to Camp Toccoa, Georgia for Paratrooper training and was assigned to Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division under command of General Maxwell Davenport Taylor, as a radioman.
She died 22-06-2010, age 82 in North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA and is buried with her husband. George was married with Delvina Ann “Del” Rodgers. He dropped out of high school as a junior to help support his family during the Great Depression. George later moved to and grew up in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Luz, George, born 17-06-1921 in Fall River, Massachusetts, to his Portuguese parents, Jose Carvalho Luz (1881–1953) and his wife Maria Fratus Luz (1895–1954).
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