Saving Private Ryan
June 6, 1944. Military forces converge on the beaches of Normandy for oneof the most decisive battles of World War Two. America would call this a victory.History would call it D-Day. But for Captain Miller and his squad of young soldiers,the day after the landing on Omaha Beach would change all of there lives. Theywould get a special order from Washington ordering them to go on a personnelmission to save one life. One soldier lost three of his brothers in combat. One onOmaha Beach, one on Utah Beach, and the other in New Guinea. They realize this isnot a simple mission to save a life but a test of their honor and duty. Their soleobsession-and their last hope for redemption.Upon arriving at Omaha Beach Captain Miller was faced with many problems. The Germans were awaiting the arrival of the American forces and attacked the shipslanding on the beach before the troops were even able to exit the boats. Many ofMillers men were lost on the beach along with many men from many other companies. Miller lead his mean along a wall on the beach and over took German forces to escapewith most of this troop in tact. What he didn't realize was that on of the me
I thought it made a very good pointabout some of the difficult decisions facing the men in the middle of a hostileenvironment in another country and the bravery shown by many men in the heat ofbattle. Word Count: 816. Hewas told of an earlier incident where three brothers from Iowa had all been killed inthe war and the mother was left alone. They had no choice though, they were under orders. The United States army was now ready to riskthe lived of Captain Miller and seven of his men to try and save this one man just sohis mother wouldn't have to lose her only remaining son. He then reached a friendly base set up. No one was sure where he was or if he was even alive. Upon arriving at the basehe received orders that his mission would be changing. He was also told of the other two Ryanboys from Iowa that had already died in the war. They againlost many men in this effort but Private Ryan survived. Along theway Millers company would stop by another American base to pick up an Americansoldier to translate to the German civilians they would meet along the way. To Captain Miller this seemed a little extreme. n lost onthe beach was a Private Ryan.
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