so sorry for your loss ❤️ wow! 98! what a strong man! we thank him for his service

What an amazing long life filled with stories and perseverance. Lets celebrate the life. 98 is a wonderful age to live to :-)

All honour be upon him. My grandfather fought in ww ii. All different theatres around the world. He died at 93. Only near the end of his life he told me he wasn't proud. Was guilty for surviving. He went to church every day since I could remember. He finally told me why as he could see in my face that I was too scared to ask why. He said "I go to the chapel every day to beg God for forgiveness for the all the men I killed and widows I made and all the brothers I couldn't save". He gave me this look I'd never seen on his or any other man's face or seen since. I never mentioned the war again. There is no amount of grace and honour we could give all who served. Some lost their lives. Some lost their minds and some got bullets through Thier souls. God bless that entire generation

May he rest in peace Dave, I'm my 96 y/o Father's caretaker, he fought in WW2 and korea, i did 6 years in the US NAVY from '77-'83 and it sure broke me out of my punk ways quick enough. This young lady is seeing what men and women from Dec 7 till today have done and are doing to fight for the security of this nation, she is such a small minority who even care about this country, so many hate their own country and that's liberals who teach them to hate it, yet nobody leaves. They haven't a clue how and why they're free to be the ignorant, clueless children they are. I hope she and other young people can reach more young people and see what's been done by their Great Grandfathers, Grandfathers and Fathers and every man and women who have honorably served and are now serving the greatest country God ever created, the United States of America.

My Dad was also a medic in WWII in Europe. We talked about his experiences on rare occasions, and it was stunning to hear him so calmly tell me of some of the horrors and difficulties he saw and lived through. Ironically, he also died on June 29, but in 2014 at the age of 89, so our Dads were the same age.

Yes. I think that's one of the themes of the film. All of the civilians and their descendants are in a sense, other Private Ryans who the soldiers fought to save.

Too many take it for granted.

It’s kind an unspoken way of thinking for veterans that have lost friends in the military. Live the best life you can and become the best version of you because some don’t get the chance to

No question!

90% of society that lives today - is nothing BUT AN INSULT TO ALL OF THOSE MEN.

Thank you so much for ur service! Thank you for watching. I’m so thankful for everything these men did for us.

@@holddowna we can't even begin to thank them. As for those who gave their lives, we thank them by keeping our country alive. It is so important that we never, ever forget their struggle and sacrifice. You need to keep showing your video for years and years to come. Don't let anyone forget them. I thank you for your work. I really mean this. Your work educates the younger generations that this freedom is not free. Thank you.

​@dannchamberlain4283 trust me my friend. I and many others my age know all too well that freedom isnt free. Ive never been in the service, and Im not joining for some complex health reasons. But everytime Ive been told a story by a Vet, whether it be Desert storm, Vietnam, Korea even a few from WW2. I could feel every word those men said. One man told me about his time during Desert storm and their base got attacked. He said the men that blew open the wall and rushed in were young men. Probably 17-24 range. And he said the way they got conscripted was being taken from their families and told if they didnt fight theyd be killed and so would their families. He told me they would give these guys some drugs to calm their nerves and when they jumped out and started shooting most of them could barely even fire their guns. He said he shot two of them and when I asked how bad it was he said "all I could think about is that that was someones son. I took someones son from this Earth and I can never bring him back. It haunts you everyday because all you wish was that you could have found a way to stop him without killing him. You always wish there was another way. That kid didnt deserve to die, he was thrust into a war he hardly understood. And Im the one who took his life." I held back my tears because I could tell how badly it hurt him to talk about and how deep that wound went. When he left I cried. All I could think was the very thing he thought. That that man was someones child. He had a family and friends and im certain he wanted no part in the fighting. Not only that but all the stories I heard of men who lost their brothers in arms right next to them. Or theyre talking to each other or takin a piss or something and in the blink of an eye theyre dead. I just... I just cant even begin to feel the horrors that come from something like that. For a long time I wanted to serve. I felt like I owed it to all the men who fought and died for me to be free. That it was the best way to show my appreciation for their sacrifice. I cant even begin to thank you and every other Vet who risked it all so our country could be free.

@@holddowna Your appreciation of this true story is the gratitude we Soldiers appreciate from the Heart. (OIF ll March 04-March 05)

Semper fi marine from a Brit 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Hi soldier. That was a great comment you added to Britts commentary of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. I agree with you, Sir. That was indeed the most respectful commentary I've ever seen. Myself, I am Marine (retired). From one brother to another in arms. Thank you for your service, and welcome home. SEMPER-FI.

❤️

I think ignorance was the major.factor that allowed them to have courage. When ignorance was gone - indifference replaced it.

​@@JR-zv6qmnone of us know (other than people that served/serving obviously) what it's like having your friends blown apart right in front of you and finding the courage to run straight at what's killing everyone around you and kill other people yourself. That's what she means dude lol...

I visited Juno Beach last year for the first time to say thank you. Proud Canadian.

@idiot_city5244 that's the courage & sacrifice I'm referring to. Didn't think it need to be spelled out idiot.

I did as well. Up to this point I had only seen Hanks in lite or comedy movies. I didn't know much about SPR and thought it was another SGT Bilko. Me and my wife came into the theater late, so I missed the Normandy Cemetery portion...we walked in during the Higgins boat run. I sat down and thought, "this doesn't look like a comedy."...then the ramps dropped, and I realized I was watching a real war movie.

I had the same experience. When a friend of mine and his wife left the theater after seeing the film, they said it was like leaving a wake.

I remember exactly when I watched it. The theater had a lot of WW2 vets watching it. They started weeping and sobbing from the very first scene until the very end. I have never seen anyone cry so much for so long. If you were in that theater, and you had a pulse, you were crying also. I can only hope that the film finally gave them closure as they were nearing the end of their lives. May God bless them and their families.

I actually cried. My uncle was on Omaha Beach.

I saw it in the theater as well, with my mom of all people. There was an old man - presumably a veteran - that left during the Omaha scene with tears coursing down his cheeks, and my mom intermittently sobbed throughout the whole rest of the film. I finally lost it at the end when he asks his wife to tell him he's a good man. I've been to Omaha Beach in Normandy (and all the other beaches too, including the place where Fritz Niland was found and pulled off the line) during early June, and the feeling there is...palpable. I don't know how else to describe it, it feels as if the place itself has agency of some kind. Then there are the rows and rows of pristine marble crosses, and the occasional Star of David, each with a name and date - all so similar for boys all so different.

Sorry about you father and thank him for his service.

Yes nat we never forget! Thank u for ur service

My uncle went home to the family farm after the war and never left. He had been in three battles that he was one of only a couple that survived. In the last one the Germans were walking through the bodies and using their bayonets to stab soldiers making sure they were dead. A buddy of his rolled over on top of him and took the bayonet, saving my uncles life. He was never right when he came home. Another uncle was a sniper in the war and killed hundreds. He refused to talk about it, even getting mad if anyone asked. My mom would cry from time to time about her brothers.

In WW1, the men had such a hard time going home on leave (the English and French), that they found the only way they could really deal with life at all was returning to the fight.

From someone who knows... this movie doesn't even capture the worst of it. People who are saying words like 'civil war' should think carefully. However, what creates the biggest problem for soldiers coming home isn't that they can't get the horrors out of their heads... it's trying to survive in a civilian world that has no compassion or community like what they experienced in the military... especially war time military. Consider that... men coming from hell find the civilian world cold and unwelcoming. "It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee

@@StrongHarm From someone who knows, the biggest problem for soldiers coming home is the lack of support they receive from the government and the country they served. PTSD is real and veterans are left behind, discarded. In Canada more Afghan vets committed suicide than the total number who were killed while deployed and I'm told the numbers in the US are similar. Our soldiers deserve better, they gave all of themselves. I'm now a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and it is our mission is to support our veterans in every way possible but the one closest to my heart is to get homeless vets off the streets, The government should be ashamed

@@MotorcycleImaging I don't disagree that it's a very serious problem, but it requires context. I was treated successfully and lead a normal life.. because I allowed myself to get treatment. We're taught to push through things and to be resilient. After we're back from war we continue a lot of the habits engrained during service. Being resilient and trying to tough out PTSD is not a valid strategy. I have friends that served in combat that decided they didn't need to register at the VA because that's just for people with physical injuries. There should be better education on the matter during the exit process. Love or hate him, Donald Trump did more for the VA than any other U.S. President I've seen since becoming a disabled vet. It wasn't just a few nice changes, it was a complete transformation. If he gets back in office we may see even greater things at the VA and some hope in decreasing the 'casualties without injuries'. That's a factual statement, not a political one.

Wow… I could only imagine…thanks for your comment.

meh. There are better ones. I'd rate this top 5 definetly. I'd say 'Come and See' is the most impactful War-movie i've ever seen. Probably the closest a movie has come to mirroring the real devestation and tragedy of war. Very difficult movie to sit through, but absolutely necessary for everyone to watch atleast once.

​@@holddowna MILITARY LANGUAGE is a language of acronyms... In war you don't have time to have a full blown conversation especially when giving out orders... So acronyms is a must, FUBAR - FUCKED UP BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION

@@blondymonk1535 A soviet anti war film better than SPR? Yeah no FOH.

@@holddowna I was just out of the army when this came out in theaters, and I recall World War II vets who were on Omaha saying that Spielberg really got the landing scene right---the differences they said were it lasted a lot longer, and it was a lot louder. There were some vets who had been there who had to leave the theater because it was so spot on. It was called the greatest generation for so many reasons--this was only one of them.

Awesome for you to say that! Lots of brave countries helped to regain Europe. My Gramps was 1942 to 45 in a B17, but mostly Africa/Italy.

Bless you

I was born in the US in 1984. I think some generation between this one and that one must have dropped the ball somewhere. I blame the hippies

@@DirtyWopBastard Yes, most of what they stand for anyway.

And what a wonderful country it is, moved here from England

Wow what a strong man! Thanks for sharing this story! And thanks for watching

The VFW is a place where veterans can talk to other veterans with similar experiences that no one else would understand.

I always thought this and Fury (with Brad Pitt) were such Great War movies.

Some people are different, When I was in the Army, I saw some crazy shit, but never anything like this. I don't mind sharing as long as someone is interested and doesn't mind me crying a bit. Part of me is like, yeah, it hurts, but talking about it is how we learn to not do this again.

My father was a B-24 Navigator. Look at the survival rate for them. He also rarely talked about the way. Except the women. He also said they would sit on their flak jackets or helmets, I forget, to protect their jewels from flak.

The day before…The Pearl Harbor attacks which also happens to be my birthday. Dec 7th. Bless ur father man

I believe Steven Spielberg was awarded an honorary military medal for it too.

Kinda makes you wish we had thought of trigger warnings back in the day. I can only imagine how many of those guys unraveled in the weeks following that.

I watched it with a survivor from the battle of Mogadishu (aka Black Hawk Down), he almost walked out several times because of the realism.

Try a flick called The Deer Hunter if you want a REAL good violent war drama.

​@@Jeebus-un6zzthat generation didnt need trigger warning. They were made of tougher stuff and their sensibilities didnt require all of society to pander to.

Thank you for your comment

That's true because this is the closest war movie to reality! Lone survivor movie never happened that way ... only 12 Taliban not 200... they hurd the chopper so they knew exactly where the Americans were! The sheep scene never happened.

@@holddowna you should review full metal jacket

I'm 44. I saw this 98 at. 19 years old. My leg was trembling for the whole beach scene. I couldn't breathe. When the film ended, not a fucking word was said as a full theatre walked out completely somber and respectful. I saw several of the old men in tears. I've never seen a film do anything like this since.

thanks so much for watching. thanks to you granddad xxx

I feel some of the reactions were a bit much tho. Personal op

One war movie that really did touch me and got me teared up for the first time was "we were soldiers" thank God Mel Gibson and Samuel Elliott were in that movie to make me laugh because it was hard watching that because it was a true story about Vietnam . It was about accurate events and the hell these guys went through in the first major battle in Vietnam and there were 395 American 7th cavalry against what ended up being around 4,000 or so North Vietnamese.. that's what a lookout for a scout said when they caught him running away from them once they landed on the ground but it ended up being more than that because a thousand or more Viet Cong joined in on day two and it was awful.. these guys had to call in fire on their own position because they were surrounded and some planes dropped a little too close to the soldiers and killed about 10 of the Americans and caught them on fire with a napalm and it was AWFUL..

Yeah, when she burst into sobbing tears because he wanted to take his typewriter, it was like… “Laying it on a little thick.” 😁

desensitized??? Today people get a panic attack when the phone is ringing...

most normal people cry during this movie but this reaction is excessive

Thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service

Thank you for your service🇺🇸❤️

Thank you for your service sir 👍

When I asked my father about the two lightning bolts on his old helmet he responded by saying he used to be an electrician. Later me and my family learnt he wasent electrician at all.

It is such a heart breaking scene. It gets me the most too! Thanks for watching !

@@holddowna to hold a dying brother as he cries for his mother is something i will NEVER forget. well captured here.

@@holddowna The lesson in all this sacrifice those soldiers made is to not vote for tyrants in our countries, those who would grow the power of government, never vote for leftists.

Yes there were a lot of good brave young men. But it was not just 18, 19 and 20 years old's. It was every man up to 45 years old who could pass a physical. The average age of the United States soldier in World War II is estimated at 26 with the draft including all able-bodied men from 18 years of age to 45 years.

The average of US military personnel during WW2 was 26, however:; The average age of an infantry private was only 20.

Don’t generalize my generation I have made it a point to learn history and all of the darkness within I appreciate the sacrifice of those who came before my great grandfather was apart of the first special forces of the United States Of America it was joint with the Canadians

This generation wouldn't fight for nothing unless it's for views, the gram, tik tok, etc. .. all good..use em as sandbags unless otherwise designated..

Sadly its not thrir concerns.But they should at least keep honoring those who fought for them

Yeah those Boomers need a lesson in humility, instead all they do is shit and piss themselves to death while leaving nothing for the next generations after them

This generation better get their shit together before it, figuratively, gets pushed in (even though they are probably literally used to it...) Our technical superiority is the only thing that will keep our heads above water in the next war, and the gap is closing.

One of the best series of all time.

Awesome series.

She should not watch Band of Brothers. She probably should not have watched this movie. Unless you enjoy seeing this young lady utterly traumatized further.

@@Stalicone If you're 'traumatized' by either this movie or Band of Brothers, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised...

Also the companion series "the Pacific". It is even more brutal.

Yes please. And thank you sir

Agreed

And what happens if you hurt Doc, Doc 😡

Vietnam must’ve been awful. Guys out of highschool train. Into jungle they haven’t learned silence walking.

I've watched Saving Private Ryan many times before. The film absolutely blew me away. These 45 mins, spent "watching with you," has just blown me away. Watching you, watch scenes that I remembered twisting my emotions was beyond intense. Knowing the outcome of each scene, then watching "with you" and watching for your reactions was super intense. The obvious emotions of pain, sorrow, laughter, shock and, helplessness you made me relive the first time I had seen the film. Personally I believe this was a true masterpiece by Spielberg. The keen observations you made on the idiosyncrasies of the movie and how articulate you were explaining how you felt was really special. Your take on this movie completely blew me away. Best of luck and continued success. Cheers Stephen

Thank u so much for watching! This movie is important to watch

Okinawa, jesus. Total hell...

Damn

The irony is my wife and kids left Kyiv, and now they are refugees in Germany, and my grandpa fought for Soviets vs Germans for Kyiv city in ww2. Surrealistic

Shiiit. Defending it in 1941 or attacking it in 44? Can you tell more? I love this. The old world is legendary to me, from the new world, a place with relatively such small known history. You old worlders are so lucky/unlucky to have that much/rich/incredible history. Every chance I get I gather money to travel to Europe and visit battlefields and beautiful old cities and villages (all of them almost)... on my own. ALWAYS blown away. Thanks for sharing your stories, *doorsdark* and *unrb. Epic shit. @@unrb7197

​@@unrb7197 And what about you? Did you stay in Ukraine?

Wow thanks for sharing ❤️

“The emotional language of film.” That is a phenomenal description.

There were some pretty crazy Vietnam movies in the 80s too.

Very true. The events of 24 years ago, still very much with me. I am definitely not the same person as I was before. More than 3 years on operations leaves its mark in many ways.

I served, but I was a rear echelon motherfucker, combat vets have all my respect 🫡

100% agreed, most civilians have a reaction, but will have no idea about real combat... 22 years served. 🗡️🇬🇧🗡️

Saved - Agree about her reactions and compassion. I had seen only actual short videos of D-day and some John Wayne type movies. But this opening scene was such a huge wakeup for me. Now I am 76, my dad was with Patton in North Africa. A neighbor was 82nd airborne in Normandy. I wish I could talk to them now.

You are so very right. She is one of the very few that seemed to comprehend the lasting effects. My experience was nothing like this movie, but the effects are the same. For me it was fighting against cartels and rebels in Central and South America. Nothing was clear cut and you never knew who was really on what side unless you knew them personally.

From what my father told me, there's two kinds of vets: those that just LOVE talking about their time in the military, and those that never talk about it. The later are the ones that I know have seen too much in one lifetime.

i think many vets including myself don't talk about it, because there's a struggle within us, that many didn't come home and that what we do and what we experience is something everyday people can't understand or even come to grasp what it is we do. Yes, we talk of Patriotic and dying for our country, but the public never sees the horror that "War" we are defending with the very life born to one day defend a "belief" of a nation we strongly endure our hearts, while on the other side confronting our very own soul and the very sin we carry in life for what we are to believe is true. I get asked if I ever killed anyone. I tell them join the military and go in war then come and ask me that question. And what makes me angry the most, which I had to get psychological help from the VA is Civilians talk about courage in their political views and the B.S. that is going on today. That is not courage, it's talk.

I had a relative that i first met when i was 15. I found out he served in WWII. My grandfather also served but never seen any action. He was a MP serving in Puerto Rico. He mostly broke up bar fights. Talking to the guy i met when i was 15, i mentioned something i'd seen in a WWII documentary one day expecting him to have some input. He just talked about something else. Like he didnt hear me. I know he did hear me and didnt push the subject. I could tell something was off. My uncle later said that he never once said anything about WWII. Turns out he was on that beach on D-day. Somebody should have warned me.

My grandfather fought in ww2 and he never talked about it until he was dying and I went to visit him in the hospital. I spent time with him before he passed due to cancer. I was in my young 20's at the time and to listen to him tell stories of what happened was incredible to hear but at the same time horrifying.

Talking about it to someone that wasn't there is painful. They ask dumb questions and will never understand. Even as a Desert Storm vet, communications with Enduring Freedom vets are not the same. People I served with in Honduras and El Salvador in the late '80s have different conversations than those I served with in Iraq in '91. The thing it took me 30 years to really understand is that no one survives. Some of us just come back alive. I am thankful that they treat PTSD now, I have no idea how useful that is but I hope it helps.

Thank u soo much for watching !!!!

All the European Theatre WWII Vets I knew growing up would only say "We were just doing our job, never giving details. The Pacific Theater Vets were much different, far more damaged and full of hatred for the Japanese. Besides the SS Soldiers who were hated, the Regular German Army soldiers much like our own, trying to do their jobs, and were treated much differently when captured. Their wounded were treated right along side our own and vice versa. The Japanese wounded if they couldn't walk, were given a grenade and told to take as many enemies with them as they could. Their" Medics" executed most of their own wounded. It was a much different War in the Pacific. Japanese enlisted men were called "issen gorin" by their Officers, 1 yen, 5 rin, the price of postage for a draft notice, less than 1 penny. Whole Divisions of Japanese soldiers were left to die in island jungles, expected to forage their own food from local sources and were not supplied food. They were the "Gyokosai":the Shattered Jewels of the Emperor, to lose a battle and survive meant they had not given their all to Hirohito the Young God King

I talked to one WW2 man with a CIB. He started smoking again after seeing SPR.

The Sullivan brothers were mentioned early in this movie. They were 5 brothers serving in the navy and killed on the same day. There is a ship now named after them "USS The Sullivans"

two words so simple. So inspiring, so earth shattering. This movie is unreal. The depth, nuances yet unbelievably tragic

@@holddowna I think this movie was loosely based on the Sullivan brothers. The Sullivans were five brothers who joined the navy during WW II and all were killed in action on the same day. There is a movie about them, The Fighting Sullivans, made in 1944. Great reaction to a powerful movie. You should watch Apollo 13 and Philadelphia, two very good movies with Tom Hanks.

​@advictoriam466 the sole survivor policy and the policy of separating siblings so they don't all die at once was because of the Sullivan brothers who were all killed when their ship was torpedoed. But private Ryan was inspired by sergeant Fritz Nihland who was sent home after fighting his way through enemy territory to regroup with the allies because all his brothers were killed. However, near the end of the war with the Japanese, it was discovered that his oldest brother, who ws declared KIA when his plane was shot down, was still alive and had escaped a POW camp before getting picked up by the Americans

Its a load of bull crap? Since when were the Americans outnumbered by the Germans ? The true story is the other way round, not this Alamo bull-crap scenario???

I concur, Master piece! I remember watching this film in theaters and was stunned walking out along with everyone else in the crowd. I was so prideful to be an American and live in a free nation this generation secured for us! I pray we can get back to that simpler time when we were all just Americans looking out for kin and country...

My father was there, Omaha Beach, first wave. Just like this, they dropped the ramp and 19 out of 21 men died before even getting off the boat. He fought in North Africa and Eisenhower wanted some veterans there so he got included. I wonder what he would think about all that sacrifice if he could see this country now.

My Father In Law was on HMS Orion Cruiser that was the first ship to open fire and shelled the Beach that day . He had been at ANZIO too earlier in 1943. He died 2 years after this film came out at 82 yo

​@@tomjackson4374I'd like to thank your father for his service. The greatest generation.

Thank you both for serving our country. 🇺🇸

wow, you had the amazing opportunity to talk to someone that we are just taught about in Marine Corps history. The Frozen Chosen was one of the most famous stories and he actually lived through it. I am sure he was one hell of a man and a great Marine. Semper Fidelis Devil, RAH!!

@@cjhmarine0621 Any chance you get to speak to Marines from other era's you should. They normally will be very open and honest and forthcoming as long as you are respectful. I loved talking to the older vets when I was a DI they would often come to the MCRD to visit.

There is a PBS special about the Chosin which is just brutal. Highly recommended.

But often chose to, and didn't have to go.

And we will never see the likes of them again. Privilege to have met a few in my time.

​@@stevie65ablesame type of men were sent to Korea, Vietnam, Persian gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc...

@@ianmichelson768yes they were. I guess we still haven’t learned.

@@ianmichelson768 I guess the difference is those men you talk about were sent to expand the empire, not defend the country. The last time Americans defended their country was WWII.

@CL-uf9xw you think that what happens in other parts of tge world doesn't effect us? That type of thinking is pure ignorance.

That's on my bucket list. I want to go to England, cross the channel as they did, see the beaches and travel all the way to Berchtesgaden

Thank you for watching! It’s not easy! Thankful for ur/their service❤️

And the one American soldier knew it, as he mocks them in a fake Czech accent, not a fake German one.

@@rollomaughfling380 To me it just sounds like a generic foreign accent from someone who doesn’t know much about accents. The most prominent trait I hear is the pronouncing of the “w” as a “v,” which is consistent with German.

@@meminustherandomgooglenumbers Well, everyone living has the right to be dead-wrong, once in a while. I worked in Intelligence and was specifically trained for years in Eastern European languages and to identify subtleties in different European English accents, dialects and mannerisms to identify Foreign National operatives as part of my job. On top of that, I've had a career in television and film for decades, and know that for a production of this budget, hardly anything you see or hear isn't intentional, but yeah: *_you go ahead and do you._*

Ethnic Germans that lived in the Sudentenland area of Czechoslovakia enlisted by the tens of thousands. Germany did not draft people from conquered countries and only allowed volunteers out of fear that any draftee would be unreliable.

Same thing is happening now. There's a video of a Russian soldier who wants to surrender to a Ukrainian drone. The drone pilot is able to guide him safely to the Ukrainian soldiers so he can surrender without being killed by his own men for surrendering.

100% agree. That scene, and the acting, just unreal.

it's because of a common element in dying soldiers in that time...calling out for your mother as your last words. Vets from that time (my dad was a Korea vet) saw that a LOT.

the scene that got me. the mother, seeing a car drive up, and a officer get out with the pardre. how many soldiers would die if the leaders of the country HAD to inform every family member of the death of son/father in defence of the homeland

In the scene in the War cemetery at the beginning, when he [Private Ryan] falls to his knees in front of the grave and begins weeping, it brings back sad memories of my grandfather doing the same when found his brother's grave in France, who had died in WW1.

This scene hits real close to home for me. The fact they gave him a lethal dose of morphine (at Wades request) is what hit me. God, war sucks.

Thanks for this, I was wondering if it was in Normandy because there is also a big Canadian memorial there I would love to go visit

Sadly this year there were more reminders given before and on Memorial Day to remind you that Pride Month was beginning June 1st.

It did win others like director and sound design if I recall. I'm still mad Shakespeare In Love won best picture that year.

​@@garyg7145 I really like SIL, but if it were up to me, I would have given the Best Picture Oscar to SPR for sure. SIL is just a good movie. SPR has meant so much to so many people.

Okinawa was horrible. The japanese leadership had ordered their soldiers to fight to the death to dissuade the allies from invading mainland bataan. And japanese propaganda told the Okinawans they would be tortured (and worse) by the allies so okinawans were leaping off of cliffs to avoid fates worse than death. It's a large part of why Nuclear weapons were used against Japan.

@macmcleod1188 Yeah, he had to see the worst of humanity and carnage of war. My mom told me some of his story on that island. I'm a Marine that served in the South Pacific in 1978 through 1982. I went to Okinawa twice during my tour of duty, so you know I'm a huge historyain of the 2nd world War. My dad begged me not to join the USMC because of horrible things he had to witnessed in the war. That's the first time I realized that had happened to him , because he never talked about it.

Okinawa was a pure hellhole, absolutely viscous fighting. Much respect to your father.

Same here.

@@macmcleod1188 USA almost killed 150 k civilians from Okinawa... and their Hollywood propaganda never talk about it (but let's always remember nazis crimes!)

Plus to add insult to injury Shakespeare in Love was produced by the rapist Harvey Weinstein

its such a powerful letter so eloquently written.

Agree. The Bixby letter is Lincoln at his best. So incredibly moving and eloquent.

I get the same reaction to that letter as well as watching the movie Lincoln when they quote the Gettysburg Address. I fear for the future of our country and that lives lost from the Civil War onwards will be in vain. Abraham Lincoln was an absolute word smith.

Mrs. Ryan's knees buckling when she sees the chaplain is perhaps the most heart wrenching scene ever.

That scene gets me every time.

Thank you sir for your service. I really wish you every blessing and success.

@@blockboygames5956 Thank you for your thoughts and I pray God blesses you

@@chuckhilleshiem6596 I really appreciate that. Prayer is a wonderful thing. Thank you. Good Luck!

My Father new the Rodgers brothers on the USS JUNEAU from the Bridgeport Ct area there were 4 of them. The day after Pearl Harbor he saw them on the way to the recruiting office he yelled over to them asking if they were joining the Army they yelled back hell no we’re joining the Navy see the thing was my father and one of the brothers had already been in the Army a few years earlier and they were only out for a short time when Pearl Harbor was attacked. It was a story I will never forget.My father served with the 32nd Division in the Pacific from the bottom of New Guinea to Manila he was awarded the Bronze Star 3 times and Purple Heart with Oak leaf clusters. He had a way with stories from the war to teach my siblings and I life lessons he hurried to learn having to lead men into combat. He was promoted to sergeant only 2 weeks after landing on New Guinea due to the devastating losses the American and Australian forces suffered. He instilled the same sense of showing respect and thanks for all those who served and serving by being good citizens,having a job, paying your bills and taking care of your family and anyone else who needed it I was so lucky to have a real Hero for a father. But not for just his time in hell (he slept with a an arm in the air for years after the war couldn’t even comprehend the nightmares he suffered) but his gentle love he had for everyone

Actually, There Were Only 5 Sullivan Brothers!! George, Francis, Albert, Madison, And Joseph!!

If youre ever in Buffalo, NY you can go to the buffalo naval park and tour the fletcher class destroyer uss the Sullivan's (the ship that was named after them) also the uss little Rock a cold war era guided missile cruiser and the uss croaker a Gato class submarine.

The beach obstacles were pointing in the wrong direction and beachhead was much bigger.

@@anthonyeaton5153 Nitpicking, great movie

@@anthonyeaton5153 Also the 2nd SS wasnt in the area at the time of the movie battle. I think people felt the battle scenes were authentic.

My great uncle was with the British in the 42nd commandos. He too said it was hell on earth many of his friends/brothers died. Mine and your family members did their duty with courage and extreme valour I thank him for his duty in the cause of freedom

Here's how much Sizemore wanted his role in this movie. Spielberg didn't want his drug addiction to cause difficulties when working with him, so he had it put in his contract that he was to take a drug test every single day. And if he failed a single one, regardless of how far they were into filming, he would be fired and recast. He wanted to be in this movie so badly that he stayed sober the entire shoot

Although I love this movie so much, I love Band Of Brothers and The Pacific even more. Band Of Brothers and The Pacific is as realistic as you’re going to get to watching WWII on screen. Tom Hanks directed both of them as well

Wow! Thanks Tyler! Appreciate you being here!

@@holddownaYou should react to Ladder 49. That movie made me cry like a baby.

Very sorry for your loss.

@@wardog141 thank you and god bless you! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🎅🙏to you and your family!

Thank you for your service. My Uncle was an infantry vet who was poisioned by agent orange. He passed away last year.

As a Dutch Afghanistan "vet" i always pitty the Vietnam vets. Semper Fi / Qua Patet Orbis (Dutch Royal Marines)

Thank you so much, sir. The debt our nation owes you can never be paid in money or reward. We sure can honor you tho.

Thank you for your kind words and God bless you

WELCOME HOME In country 2nd Corps, Qui-Nhon, Pleiku, June 67 to June 68

Band of Brothers goes down as the greatest Mini-series in my opinion especially the episode 8 or 9 that one had me in tears.

Band of Brothers is an exceptional piece of work and incredibly accurate too. The interviews of the then surviving members of Easy Company, at the beginning of each episode just sets the tone perfectly. The final interview of the veteran talking about his granddaughter asking if he was a hero in the war, just broke me.

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my first serious girlfriend had an uncle at Normandy. He was the kindest, soft spoken gentleman you would ever care to meet. If you asked him about the war, all he would say was "that was a lifetime ago".

The Pacific miniseries really delves into the PTSD more so than SPR.

In the follow up movie, "Saving Private Ryan's Mother", Private Ryan has returned to the family farm to find that his grief stricken mother is being taken advantage of by their government. She's forced, against her better judgement, to go about the country and hawk War Bonds to the point of exhaustion. After learning his mother has already suffered one war bond related stroke, Private Ryan makes it his mission to locate, and rescue her.

What a joke, to be recognized for your "greatness" in a mass orgy of mutual inhuman carnage.

Thank u for watching!

This is a satirical comment right?

I was in tears, throughout. I mean, with a depiction as graphic, it forces all kinds of emotions to come bursting forth, realizing the sacrifice amid Hell, itself.

in what way was that satirical? you make no sense rn so gladly elaborate to us@@thatsmynamesowhat2949

Thanks for this comment and sharing this story ❤️❤️❤️

exactly, BoB is a good learning sequence to SPR...and, after that..."The Pacific"...Man, that WAS hell

The real reason Legion Halls (and the VFW too) exist, is to keep well trained & seasoned veterans from becoming disgruntled at the B.S. that (our own) politicians pull, and organizing and overthrowing said politicians, by dispatching them like they did to the Keiser and da Furer(sic). Make no mistake, this would be no revolution, veterans love America & the COTUS, but politicians-not so much. They wouldn't be changing THE government so much as CLEANSING the government. See the Battle of Athens (GA 1947ish), for proof.

I had an uncle who was a tail-gunner in a Lancaster ... made it home (with another brother and 2 sisters who served). He passed many years ago ... all of my dads brothers and sisters are gone now except 2; one in his 90's and one around 85. Time marches on. I lost my dad 2 years ago at 80 ... I miss my friend.

Bomber crews had a higher chance of dying than did infantry.

fr made me re-think EVERYTHING

Shows why she could never be a soldier

Yeeess, the way he tries to reason with him in the last moment.. brilliant acting 👏

The Sikorsky R-4 was used a considerable amount in the Pacific considering how new and underdeveloped the technology was.

the thing that breaks my heart the most during Melish's death, is just before that Nazi stabs him through the heart... he tells him in German, "don't worry my Jewish friend. it'll all be over soon." that's gotta be the coldest goddamn thing you could say in that moment. the destructive nature of war, and the cruelty of it all. it's just so soul crushing.

The knife scene is by far the one Hollywood death scene that has marked me the most. The first time I saw it I was REALLY pissed off. I thought about it for days. This movie stayed with me for a while.