Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is about the search for one man, Private James Ryan. In the beginning of the movie, an elderly man is crying while walking through a cemetary of soldiers and stops at one in particular..then translates into June 6, 1944 (D-Day.)
Private James Ryan is the brother of three other men who are also in the war. But what he did not know was that his three brothers had died in the war, within several days apart from eachother. How did they find this out? One of the girls, who writes letters(telegrams) that are soon sent back to families that tell them their son or husband had died, found letters that had the same family members on it and soon found out that three men had died days apart from eachother. Next, there was an order for some soldiers to find this man and to send him back home to his mom right away! Captain Miller recieved these orders from the US Army chief, George Marshall, to go find this man because he believed that the mom's grief would not be terrible if her youngest son came home. did not want all of this lady's sons dead just like that. So after living through the invasion of Normandy, Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, Captain Miller and his soldiers set out on a mission to find this man. Living through that battle was tough enough! Right when the soldiers landed on the beach, shots were constantly fired. Prayers were being said at that moment. In my opinion, this beginning battle was TOUGH! I did not think ONE man would survive this battle. This battle was where two of the three brothers had died. The third brother died in New Guinea fighting the Japanese.
James Ryan had parachuted into France for the Allied invasion of Europe at that time when the government chose to find this man. They had no clue where he would land or even if he lived through that. So these seven men were on a journey, but one by one some died trying to find this man. For these men to do this for a family, to me thats pure love between soldiers. To risk a soldier's own life is hard to do but that's exactly what these men did.
Not knowing exactly where to go, these men still search. Later, they find out that Ryan is defending a bridge in Ramelle. The men found Ryan and told him of his brothers who had died and that he gets to go home. Ryan concludes that thought with saying that he has his last brothers right next to him, fighting. Miller, Ryan, and the rest of the soldiers stay and get ready to defend the bridge that the Germans would soon be coming to. This was a hard battle and by the end, everyone but Ryan and a couple others survived this battle. Right before Miller died after being shot, Miller's words were to Ryan saying to "Earn it."
The movie goes back to present day and the elderly man turns out to be Ryan standing at Miller's grave.... I believe THIS is why the men searched for Ryan. Their love of brotherhood between eachother was never ending even though they did not even know eachother yet. But that one battle they were together made Ryan close to Miller for the rest of Ryan's life. Being patriotic for your country comes back and reflects on who you really are. Miller was a great captain along with the soldiers that came along. I loved this movie!
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