Robert “Buck” Halperin with a Chinese officer and troops during World War II. (Provided by Dan Halperin) “There’s hardly been a day since that he hasn’t been on my mind,” says Dan.

Dan Halperin made a documentary about Robert "Buck" Halperin, a World War II hero stormed the beaches at Normandy and a bronze medalist at the 1960 Olympics. Skip Navigation.

Oak Park and River Forest High School students Alice Caldwell, left, and Caroline Vietzen interview Dan Halperin, the son of OPRF alumnus Robert “Buck” Halperin, on Feb. 13 during a ...

Robert S. ”Buck” Halperin, 77, chairman of Commercial Light Co., was one of Chicago`s most decorated figures in World War II. As a star-class sailor, he won a bronze medal in the 1960 Olympics ...

Like many men, Buck didn’t talk about the war to his son. When he passed away, Halperin started researching his father’s life to turn it into a documentary about an American war hero and ...

Buck Halperin died in Palm Springs in 1985. “There’s hardly been a day since that he hasn’t been on my mind,” says Dan. “I have the outline of a movie. There is so much material there.