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Ed Parker

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They lost a lot of men in the battle to take Metz, recalls Ed Parker. Shortly after that, he was nearly killed himself when a Screaming Mimi rocket knocked him down, but did not injure him. The constant diet of C-rations got the men to thinking. Why don't we eat that old milk cow that's hanging around? (5:18)

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It was during the Battle of Remagen that Ed Parker distinguished himself in action, enough so that he was awarded a Bronze Star. He shrugs it off, saying many more did just as much as he did. He couldn't believe the British troops he encountered stopped to make tea, but there they were. A German flag made it back home with him, but not the Luger he found. The Germans probably reclaimed that. (3:03)

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His unit was pretty beat up in the battle to take Metz, so they were back in a holding position during the Battle of the Bulge. Ed Parker noticed that most of the German captives were either very old or very young. They were just about defeated. On leave in Paris, he did not get a warm feeling from the French people he encountered. (5:13)

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They were promised a steak dinner on the ship home and Ed Parker was really looking forward to that. Not getting that steak is the primary thing he remembers from that trip. Looking back on the end of the war, he has some tough words for those who believe we never should have used the atomic bomb. (3:31)

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It's terrible at first, but the longer you are in combat, the more callous you get. Like being keyed up at the beginning of a football game, but settled in by the half. That's how Ed Parker describes his experience. He also reveals how his wife could keep up with who had died, even though the mail was censored. (3:03)

Ed Pepping

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Ed Pepping talks about a particularly nasty type of mine used by German troops called the "castrator." (:50)

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Ed laughs while recalling another comic episode that led to stealing food. On a serious note, he reflects on why he and his company did what they did for us. (1:15)

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In the first week of training, Ed Pepping humorously describes how one unpopular officer used spaghetti to prepare his men for the battlefield. (1:57)

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Jumping out of a plane on D-Day and landing backwards, Ed Pepping was badly injured. He remembers a dramatic explosion days later, ending up in the hospital and never finding out why. (1:12)

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Cracked vertebrae, a concussion and leg injuries couldn't stop Medic Ed Pepping from escaping from a hospital. He remembers the pranks that he and a friend pulled as the "Band Aid Bandits." (3:59)