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Ed Pepping

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It was a scary moment when Medic Ed Pepping was hit unexpectedly. He describes what could've happened after he wandered off in the middle of that night. (3:07)

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Unsure if he could actually shoot another human being, paratrooper Ed Pepping shares why he became a medic while diligently preparing for war. (:58)

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Ed shares some comical details about his days as a Medic, vividly recalling how he and a friend stole a refrigerator from an infantry camp and performed "fake"surgery (with sutures) on a commanding officer. (2:25)

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Training as a paratrooper presented physical challenges that Ed Pepping says he embraced. Here he describes what he faced before heading to Europe. (2:14)

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Ed Pepping describes D-Day and landing from 300 feet at 160 miles per hour. He recalls bullets bursting through his plane and a life saving incident that baffles him to this day. (3:16)

Ed Riley

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Ed Riley recalls being under attack by Junkers in North Africa (2:46)

Ed Sewell

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After a victorious battle in the Lingayen Gulf, Ed Sewell recalls a disastrous act of retaliation by a horde of Japanese kamikazes which disabled his ship and killed over 50 of his fellow sailors. (1:32)

Ed Smith

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As World War Two raged across the world, Ed Smith left the monotony of the tobacco farm and followed his older brothers into the service. He chose the Navy and entered Hospital Corps training, then joined one of the most dangerous outfits around, an amphibious Beach Battalion. (5:41)

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The Beach Battalion was the Naval unit that went ashore at the forefront of an amphibious landing and managed the whole operation. Hydrographic Specialists, Signalmen, and Hospital Corpsmen, like Ed Smith, had some of the most hazardous assignments. He describes his training and the organization of the complex and difficult task of invasion. (5:13)

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They got the word. D-Day would be June 5th. Hospital Corpsman Ed Smith boarded his transport and prepared to be in the vanguard of the invasion. They were told that the Air Corps and the Navy would destroy all the German defenses. Delayed for a day by bad weather, they circled a mile and a half off shore waiting for word to go. Their target time to hit the beach was 7:20 AM. Part 1 of 4. (4:56)