"Buck" Compton had apparently lost his original weapon in the drop, and the Thompson submachine gun he picked up at the assembly area to replace it had a damaged firing pin, but he didn't know that. Which is why his gun didn't work during the assault.


Hall(s) tripped a booby-trap mine the gun crew left behind when they abandoned the dug-out behind their artillery piece, and it killed him when he stepped on the tripwire.

People trying to kill each other - how primitive.