Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:57 | Ed Cope, a radioman, recalls his first landing on Saipan and being abandoned a mile behind enemy lines.
While heading into the Marshall Islands, Ed Cope remembers his landing craft beaching on a reef resulting in him being declared MIA for a week, and saving a fellow sailor's life in the meantime.
After his first night on Kwajalein Atoll, Ed Cope recalls waking up to an unpleasant surprise.
Ed Cope, a radioman, recalls his first landing on Saipan and being abandoned a mile behind enemy lines.
Having served as a radioman aboard the USS Callaway, Ed Cope recalls one humorous mistake made by a fellow sailor.
