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COMBAT STORIES FROM World War II

Ed Pepping | 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division - Army

6:25   |   Some of the snipers were French girls. Ed Pepping explains why this was so and reflects on some of his other astounding experiences in the Normandy invasion. Evacuated after being wounded, he joined in a plot to escape recuperation and rejoin his unit. (This interview made possible with the support of JOHN J. FITZGERALD.)

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