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Forrest Compton was an American actor, primarily known for playing Mike Karr on the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, as well as Colonel Gray on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Compton in The Edge of Night, 1977
The 103rd Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army that served in the U.S. Seventh Army of the 6th Army Group during World War II.
Forrest Compton
…in 1925 in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father sold aluminum pots and pans and worked at a local steel mill. After high school, Compton fought in the 103rd Infantry Division during World War II. When the war ended, Compton attended Swarthmore College, where he initially studied pre-law and political science but later switched…
Plaque honoring the US 103rd Infantry Division in WW II.