Transcript for Never Coming Home, Day 5: Christopher Wasser.

Scott Wasser: My name is Scott Wasser, and I am the father of Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Wasser.

Candy Wasser: My name is Candy Wasser. We're from Ottawa, Kansas, and my son was killed in action with a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Scott Wasser: Having grown up during the Vietnam era, where it was not popular to go out and join the military, having a son who wanted to go out and do this struck me as a little surprising.

Candy Wasser: He was somebody who could sit down with a puzzle and do it instantly. He was also beginning to be very interested in paintball. He understands this concept of strategy and battle plans.

The most difficult day for me has probably been the day that our twins turned 18, because I kept thinking of the decision that Chris made on his 18^th birthday. That was the day he and his buddy got in the car, drove up to the recruit station, and signed his name on the dotted line.

Scott Wasser: Saving Private Ryan had come out, and he was certainly interested in joining the Marine Corps, and he was putting a lot pressure on us to sign him up.

It was the closest thing I could think of that would say "This is what combat is," which is certainly different than playing paintball, and you are sitting there with your 17-year-old son who says, "I want to go do this," and you are thinking, "Excuse me, what part of this movie are you not understanding? Because you could be one of those guys laying on the ground there, missing arms and legs, or being dead."

If there comes a time where we appear to be less emotional over things, what we do in public is not necessarily what we do in private.

Candy Wasser: In the Marine Corps, they say "Semper Fi," "Always faithful." We want to remember that.