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Ed Callahan

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On the island of New Guinea in 1944, Ed Callahan recalls his company capturing a dozen Japanese soldiers and the resulting conflict that arose about what to do with the prisoners who "had been eating our dead". (1:40)

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Ed Callahan ponders the psychological reasons behind why certain soldiers were more brazen than perhaps necessary on the battlefield. (1:54)

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Ed Callahan remembers the intense combat his company faced on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines in February of 1945, beginning with a beachfront landing under Japanese fire. (3:32)

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While taking hill after hill from Japanese troops on Corregidor, battles for which he earned a Bronze Star, Ed Callahan recalls a Japanese counter-measure which injured him and many of his fellow soldiers. (3:18)

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Ed Callahan describes his first combat parachute drop into the jungles of New Guinea in 1944. (1:03)

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Ed Callahan describes the eerie feeling that accompanied preparing for bayonette warfare. (:54)

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Ed Callahan talks about the various means troops used to deal with Japanese caves in the Pacific. (:58)

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On the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, Ed Callahan remembers a firefight with Japanese troops, and how combat affected the local people. (3:38)

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Ed Callahan remembers an incident with a bouncing grenade on an island in the Pacific. (1:00)

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Ed Callahan describes the close quarters on the small island of Corregidor and some of the resulting problems that arose with both enemy and friendly troops. (2:13)