Saving Private Ryan (1998) GROUP REACTION 

When Ryan's wife comes up and reads the name on the headstone, she doesn't recognize it. That's when you realize that Ryan has never told anyone the story.

My dad did two tours in Vietnam. I took him to see this in the theater and asked him what he thought afterward. His response, “At least movies don’t incorporate smell. The smell is the worst.”

Hands down one of my favorite movies ever. "Earn this" is not just for Private Ryan, but for everyone and the generations that followed.

This was Vin Diesel's first major motion picture role! Steven Spielberg himself saw a student film he did and was so impressed he asked him to audition

My grandad was at sword beach he received a medal for bravery and it still makes me proud to have known such a man.

This is a good representation of why here in America, we consider them the greatest generation. They were not perfect but did power through the bad times while trying to maintain some Honor and Integrity. A character trait hard to find these days

I'm very grateful that these young women are watching. It means a lot to me. My dad fought in World War II, after 3 years of hell I was blessed that he came home to his family.

“In peace sons bury their fathers in war fathers bury their sons “

I remember my husband taking me to this movie and I was completely speechless the first 15 minutes, it was so realistic that I felt like I was watching live coverage of the the Americans landing on Omaha Beach. This was imo the best war movie of all time!

The story of Private Ryan is inspired by the Sullivan brothers (who are mentioned in the movie, in the telegram scene). There were five of them: George, Frank, Joe, Matt, and Al, from Waterloo, Iowa. George and Frank, the oldest brothers, had served in the Navy in the 1930s, and after Pearl Harbor, they re-enlisted along with the younger three, on the condition that they serve together. They were assigned to the light cruiser USS _Juneau,_ and all five were killed when the ship was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, in November 1942. The US Navy named two ships USS _The Sullivans_ in their honor: a _Fletcher_-class destroyer (DD-537) in 1943 (decommissioned 1965), and an _Arleigh Burke_-class guided missile destroyer (DDG-68) in 1995 (which is still in service). The ships' official motto is "We stick together."

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this movie…….but every time I cry through it. Such a beautiful movie. Can’t even imagine what it was like to fight in such wars. Great video ladies.

Apparently quite a few WW2 veterans walked out of the theater in the first five minutes of the movie due to the Omaha Beach scene and its realistic portrayal of D-Day. Steven Spielberg is a big WW2 history buff and wanted the scene to be as realistic of the assault as possible. Steven and his producers actually spoke to many veterans, having some on the set as advisors in order to keep historic integrity of many of the scenes. If the opening scene mortified you, then good. You have some sense of empathy and understand the gravity of the second world war. But just imagine what most of those boys felt on that day, being only 18, 19, and 20-year-olds, going through what seemed like a meat grinder.

The opening scene of saving private ryan will forever be one of the most shocking, stressful and violent scenes in cinema

when he Miller says "earn it", he's saying it to all of us. we always need to remember how much our way of life has cost 🇧🇷

Thank you for your reactions. Two years after this great film came out, my grandfather passed away from cancer in 2000. He enlisted in 1942 (age 20-21) & served in the 5th Ranger Battalion that trained in Tennesee. Eventually shipped out to Britain in late 1943/early 1944 in preparation for Operation Overlord. Trained in Special Cliff Operations in the Highlands of Scotland in early 1944 alongside his fellow Rangers (plus other Allied/UK Special forces) before D-Day. On June 6th, 1944, he subsequently climbed the cliffs of Point du Hoc. He had to carry his BAR into battle in rough terrain under heavy fire, search & eventually destroy the German Howitzers that greatly saved thousands of his fellow countrymen on the beaches. As history goes, the Rangers had to traverse miles of the French countryside for the repositioned guns after hours of naval & air bombardment prior to the invasion forced the Germans back from Point du Hoc. My grandfather was one man out of 75 men (out of 225 Rangers, 67% of the unit were wounded or killed) who was able to reach the top of Point du Hoc & keep on fighting beyond the Longest Day. Played a part of Operation Cobra in the breakout out of Normandy. Into the battle of Saint-Lo in July 1944, he got wounded when a piece of mortar shrapnel hit his leg (from his calf to above his ankle) & took him out of action. The 29th Infantry Battalion alongside another American division with small groups of Army Rangers (intermix of the remaining 2nd & 5th Ranger Battalions) took massive losses from German artillery destroying the town. My grandfather would have met his end at Saint-Lo, but thankfully he had a guardian angel over him. Over the years, I was told by my father & my aunt that after he got wounded, my grandfather was saved by a Sherman Tank Crew from the 747th Independent tank division that came to support the 29th Infantry division to take ruins of Saint-Lo & were attempting to gather all the wounded GIs during the course of the battle. It's still very unclear how many were saved on that day alongside my grandfather, but as a result of them saving lives, the Sherman Tank Commander was the only casualty while gathering up the wounded men under heavy fire. Due to their courageous actions, my grandfather lived, was able to go home to raise a family, & eventually serve as a police officer (SGT) for nearly 25 years until he retired in 1978. He got the Bronze Star for his heroic actions on D-Day & 2 Purple Hearts in the Fall of 1944. In both civilian life & his long days in law enforcement, he had to take small amounts of morphine (inside a capsule attached to a sliver neck chain around his neck) every day due to the wounds he received in the war until his last days on this earth. A reminder of the sacrifices he made in the defense of America, her people & the liberation of Europe. My grandfather's mother was a German immigrant & orphan who came to America in the 1890s when her homeland (early German Empire) was facing some social destabilization. My grandfather had no ill will against the majority of the German troops he fought against in the Liberation of France. He always respected the Germans (the Wehrmacht/cousins) for their military leadership, combat efficiency & historical discipline. He absolutely hated the Nazi idealogy, who only represented Hitler & a few thousand people in the SS divisions that committed the Holocaust. Side Note to RU-vid Trolls: - (DO NOT PUT ALL GERMANS in the same category as the Nazi Party when in America right now almost everyone is painting all police officers as evil people who don't have a soul, and who rather defund them to promote unsafe communities & allow drug dealers to spread illegal drugs to our children. Whether it be a few to thousand bad apples, they do not represent a specific people nor a civilization. Blame ONLY the leaders & the creation of the ideology for the tragic atrocities) Like everyone else who first watched Saving Private Ryan, I began to truly understand & greatly appreciate the sacrifices my grandfather & the millions of soldiers made in WWII. That includes the common German Soldier (non-SS/Nazi) who fought not for Hitler, but for their family & their country. This film will always be one of my favorite films about WWII despite some of its flaws. I always got emotional at the end of the film when Miller tells Ryan that "Earn this" & it cuts to Ryan asking his wife if he was a good man. My grandfather never ever saw Saving Private Ryan in the last years of his life (did like the movie The Longest Day), but like most veterans, he would have attempted to avoid seeing the horrors of war again. I am immensely grateful to have known him before his passing & I am proud to be his grandson. This is a story I like to share with those who have first watched this film and Band of Brothers. If I had to create a title to describe his WWII story it would be called... "Liberation at the Gates"

Back when I was a teeenager, I would watch this movie from time to time. The scenes were very intense but I'd try to keep an unphased face as I watched it. Now a decade or so older, I can't not cry when watching certain scenes of this movie. It has some of the most moving moments in cinematic history. I'm glad that you guys watched it and let your real emotion come through. I"m crying with you guys. Thank you

Why this movie wasn't won best movie in 1998 is one of the biggest mysteries of cinema history.

RIP Tom Sizemore ( Sergeant First Class Mike Horvath) 1961-2023. Great role in this film.

Most movies I watch for entertainment, but this one I watch to remind myself of how bad war is and how we should do everything we can to prevent it.

Saw this in the theater. That was the first time I saw such a realistic war scene, that opening scene on the beach. That scene captured the chaos and insanity of war like I've never seen it before. I remember commenting at the time " war really is hell. " First time I ever began to think that war was not good at all.

1. Many WWII vets left the theaters because the D-Day battle scenes were so realistic. 2. The German Captain Miller was talked into letting go is the same one that killed him. Upham finally killed him. 3. The story Ryan tells Miller about the last time he saw his brothers and the ugly tree story was made up by Matt Damon. He was told to say something interesting, so he did, and it was kept in the movie. 4. There really was a USS Sullivans(DD 68) dedicated to the brothers lost on one ship. That's why all brother soldiers/sailors from one family can't be assigned to the same command. 5. I did 24 years in the US Navy. My favorite character is Private Jackson/sniper and my second favorite is Sargent Horvath.

My grandpa was Wehrmacht. (regular german army). He was a captain before the war started and not part of the SS. He fallow orders on the invasion of Poland until he was ordered to execute civilians on Poland. He refused. He was executed by the SS. His best friend a second lieutenant that was on leave when heard the news deserted and took my grandma out of Germany as well as my mom and my uncle. When trying to cross Belgium with out the proper permit a shooting begin, he was shot as well as my uncle by the german army and by a miracle the captain station on the boarder had pity of my grandma and mom crying for them that he kick them out of Germany into Sweden. They survive there until the war end.

homies, you can tell you've changed so much because of movies... after you watch a hundred you start catching little details, the effects and violence are just noice.... and you keep attention to the character development, dialogues and music, maybe you even learn something new... now you see the casting, the scenery and everything that matters in this movies, and that is good

What a lovely bunch of ladies. Great to see different perspectives.

The first 20 min if this movie is hard to handle but probably as close to reality of war you'll ever see.

Capt. Miller's hand shaking is the sign of PTSD

From a veteran(Different war. Same horror): The beach assault scene is as real as Hollywood gets. The reality is far worse. The only thing missing, are the smells. Something you never forget. After watching the film, I am convinced that each cut in the beach scene represented the actual eye witness account of the assault, as experienced by soldiers who survived Omaha Beach

My uncle, Harold Hibard of the 101st Airborne, was killed the first day jumping into Sainte Mere Eglise. RIP

I absolutely love the emotion you all display in these critical movies that show the history of war. We don’t love it, but adore your generosity

OMG I WAS IN TEARS THIS WHOLE REACTION YOU DID GOOD BY REACTING TO THIS ONE

When I was maybe 14 my Grandfather on my dads side just starting talking. I’m American but he fought in the British army. Before he talked about all the funny things they did and the good times. But that day he just starting talking about everything. How they fought in North Africa and then up through Sicily and Italy in his tank. The most powerful thing I remember is he said they called for air support because they were being overrun and then he just broke and said “The damn yanks hit us by mistake” I had never seen my grandpa cry before. My dad hadn’t even ever heard the stories. He talked for probably 8 hours straight no hold barred and we just listened. Maybe he figured I was old enough to understand. After that he never spoke about it again for the rest of his life. This movie was powerful for my dad too because he never really realized what his dad really went through.

I love you guys! Always brightens my day when I see your reactions. Its always a reliable serotonin dump for me lol. Well done y’all 💯💖

I remember this coming out and Veterans needing to leave because it was too real. War is horrifying. Every soldier in every country just wants to go home and live.

My Grandfather and my Great Uncles were WW2 U.S. Army veterans, they fought at D Day and the war in Europe.

How often can you react on one channel to the same movie over and over again? The Homies: Yes!

Of the times I’ve seen this movie, there was one time I saw a video of someone reacting to SPR. The scene where there was a mix up of the different Ryan’s. Of all the the reactions and comments I’ve seen and read. I think it’s an underrated scene. No one mentions about it at all. The reason why I say that is, is because it comes to show what these soldiers dealt with when they were in the war. Not knowing what’s going on back at home. They couldn’t send letters everyday. They never received letters everyday either. James wanted to go home, because of this mix up. Thinking about his little brothers. It’s sad moment to watch, because of what our soldiers go through when at war.

My girlfriend at the time wanted to go to see the movie. She heard it was a really good movie, which it was. I knew the beginning was bad but I took her. In the movie theater, that beginning was pure insanity. I'll never forget the looks of horror on people's faces around me and my girlfriend ran out screaming. I left and all I could say was "I told you" and "It was much worse in real life" on the drive home. My neighbor was at Omaha beach in the second wave and he was a touched person. He never mentioned it but everyone knew. She was traumatized for days. I went to see it a few weeks later.

This is what we DO.....as Americans we expect this. As a movie, this was one of the best to SHOW what that landing was like. My great uncle was there. He had a flame thrower and as he hit the beach he was hit by gunfire and dropped burning his hand beyond recognition. Until the day he died, he wore a black glove over what what left of his hand....trying to HELP people. Yes. Vin Diesel was in it....lets set aside the actors for a moment and think about the actual men that made that landing and took that beach and those that lost their lives. Lets think about these people that dint want o have anything to do with this war. They just wanted to live their lives but were engulfed in it. For this woman that lost ALL of her sons, of course this country will fight to bring the last one back home. Thank you for this ladies...

you guys have already watched this like 3 times

I recently visited the National D-Day Memorial, located in Bedford, VA. The guide for the tour asked if anyone knew about the Bedford Boys. I answered correctly, saying they were members of A Company, of the Virginia Army National Guard, who got killed or wounded within the first five minutes of landing on Omaha Beach. If any of you noticed the shoulder patch Upham was wearing, on his sleeve, it was the insignia of the 29th Infantry Division, made up of National Guard units from NJ, DE, MD and VA. It looks like the taoist Yin and Yang symbol, with blue and gray colors, representing units from both North and South.

My father was a few miles inland and fighting for a while before those poor boys hit the beaches God bless them all

I don't think these lovely women realise what an experience they are about to have. The realities of everyday men, postmen, grocers, waiters, clerks, forced to fight and to kill, to see inhuman sights and do inhuman things. Then told to go home and carry on 'as normal'. Its been the lot of the common man for thousands of years. And they have done it to protect the women and their children, back home.

In the summer the ladies should take a short trip to Normandy France to see Omaha beach and the military graveyards of the soldiers. It's a very powerful and emotional place to see.

My Mother is from England and as a young teenager she saw the German bomber planes flying over to bomb London. This movie for me tells a pretty accurate tell of this war. It also has a lot about my family tree. My Mother being British and my Father's side is German. So needless to say I had relatives were shooting and blowing each other up.

When Ww2 vets were asked what movie gets the closest to what it was like on D Day, they said the first 10 mins of this movie

Highly recommend the new rendition on All Quiet On The Western Front for you all to react to as well

Just take five minutes to look up D Day and you’ll see five beaches were assailed, two by Americans, two by British troops and one by Canadian. It was impossible to land anywhere that there were no German troops! They were well informed of where they landed but no one can cater for what happens in war. It’s hard for your generation to understand what our fathers and grandfathers gave, but thank you for your reactions.

Never thought watching 4 beautiful women could make me cry like a little girl.

This is what so many of ya'lls grandfathers and great grandfathers went through for your freedom

I waited this so much finally its here !! ❤❤❤❤ thank you very much gorgeous babies 😍

I hope the girls never see what war looks like, it’s a living aching nightmare. 😢

They gave their lives for you and me never forget that

This is by far the greatest war film ever made because veterans said that this is the most accurate depiction of WWII on that horrific day. It was so realistic that many veterans who went to see it in theatres had to walk out in the first few minutes because it triggered their PTSD. The only thing that was missing were the smells. The smell of blood, feces, and human flesh was everywhere. These men walked right into the line of fire of a machine gun so their comrades could take over the beach and turn the tide of the war. Imagine all those long enduring months of training they did, all to die within 30 seconds. These men were the greatest generation and they should never be forgotten. Thank you to all of you who served on that day. 🇺🇸

Thank you Homies 💕💕💕💕 This movie is what real war looks like.

The first 20 minutes of the movie was so realistic and genuine My grandfather told me he knew because he was there

Please girls, give a chance for these 3 movies, The blind side (2009), Somehere in time (1980) and The intouchables (2011), powerful and emotional movies, two of them is based on a true history, please i love you homies. Hugs from Brazil ❤️🇧🇷

You should show this to modern feminists and then ask if they want really same responsibility as men

Those MG nests/bunkers were supposed to be destroyed. The men found out the hard way that the planes that dropped 13,000 bombs before the landing completely missed their targets.

Amazing film, done perfectly. So emotional

They keep watching the same movies with a different combination of people. It’s like 4 or 5 reactions to this movie already.

You should watch ‘Downfall’ (Der Untergang). Yes it’s in German with English subtitles, but it is an incredible movie about Hitler in his Bunker during WW2

He is a WWII veteran, and a veteran of D-Day landings at Omaha Beach, which was the worst of the 5 beach landings. He is visiting one of the dozen or so American Cemeteries in W. Europe where US soldiers were buried. The scenes on the beach were taken from accounts and interviews from survivors along with other historical facts.

2:00 what a difference just over 75 years can make Back then, young people actively willingly joined to defend their homes, to protect the innocent… These days 18 year olds claim they need a “safe space” because WORDS ‘might’ hurt their feelings… We’ve made so much progress as a species and a society, with greatly improved awareness of social issues…it’s too bad we’ve ‘regressed’ as far as we’ve progressed in some areas of life. o7 to those who willingly volunteered to charge into this meat grinder, rest assured there are yet still some in this modern generation to look back with pride and admiration for their sacrifice so we could even be alive to complain about such trivial or irrelevant things.

I love Ellie , her reactions , how emotional is she

Why do you guys react to stuff you’ve already reacted to?

I always couldn’t handle the part where the medic get shot and saying he wants to go home and momma. I just can’t handle it.

For older Ryan appeared at Miller's grave, both Hanks and Spielberg looked for a marker for the storyline. They picked actual Captain Miller at the cemetery. Military enacted a policy called Sole Survivor Policy stated that brothers cannot serviced in same branch with one stay homebound. Family with only child, male and now, female cannot either volunteered or be drafted for service. This movie is loosely based on two major cases of brothers being wiped out even though there are others. Those two are Sullivan and Borgstrom Brothers.

Think they realize, the sacrifices of our older generations. The lose, sadness, the doubt, ptsd.

A true classic.

I love how they all yell at Upham for not killing that guy but there is no way they would ever be able to do it themselves.

Great Reaction Ladies To One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's

I'm really glad that I stumbled upon this video. Western women have no idea how hard us guys really have it! Thanks ladies

35:13 Girl in purple mentions the ground shaking from the incoming tank, and all three of her friends at the exact same time go "MMHM." I love neat little idiosyncrasies like that. I bet they're good friends.

I highly recommend "Im Westen nichts Neues - All quiet on the Western Front", "Das Boot - Directors Cut" and "Under Sandet - Land of mine"

As brutal as it was, it was way ahead of most of what was done in 1998 by many miles! To me, forever, one of the greatest movies to have ever existed/exist! Masterpiece of a movie!

Ladies, this movie is the closest thing to what actually happened that day at Omaha Beach. I have spoken to veterans who were there that day and they told me that it was much, much worse than anyone could imagine.

Bravo young ladies! Way to keep it classy and real AF❤

The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramell. The opening scene Ryan goes to the grave of his brother, at the end he's at the grave of Capt. Miller's grave. His family is directly behind him at the first grave site, at the end, his family remains at a respectful distance, except for his wife who has no idea who Miller is. Ryan went home and never told anyone about that day in Ramell. Spielberg researched small details, for instance, Pvt Jackson's right thumb has a black mark on it. That's actually a bruise that many U. S. riflemen had caused from getting their thumb caught in the loading mechanism from not locking the bolt back properly when loading/reloading the M1 Garand rifle. It was called "Garand thumb". The Hitler Youth Knife is more literary liberty than fact. That knife is a hiking knife given to members of the Hitler Youth Corps, which was much like the Boy Scouts in training while being indoctrinated with the ideology of National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi). The only other group they were issued to were members of the SA. This knife was never part of a soldier of the Wehrmacht. As for the reaction of Carparzo and Mellish, it is highly unlikely an average G.I. would have known what that knife was and its symbolism. The matter of Mellish crying is also not likely as the Allies didn't find out about the fate of Jews in Europe until the first concentration camp was liberated April 4, 1945. The war in Europe ended May 7, 1945. So, following the real timeline, Mellish dies before the Allies knew anything about concentration and death camps. But, after-all, it is Hollywood. Saving Private Ryan is not based on the Sullivan brothers. Fritz Niland became the basis for Private Ryan. He was dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and spent five days in the French countryside, eventually earning a Bronze star in combat for taking a French. Robert Rodat first came up with the plot in 1994 when he saw a monument in a cemetery in Tonawanda, New York. The monument was to the Niland Brothers - 4 young American men who fought in the Second World War. When three of the Nilands were reported killed, the surviving brother - Fritz - was sent home. This inspired Rodat to write his movie. The average age of a U. S. troops armed forces personnel during WW II was 26 years old. Selective Service draft age range was 18 years of age to 45 years. The average age in Vietnam War was 22, not 19 as any think. There are 26 military cemeteries across Normandy, but the most famous and visited site is the poignant Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France is located in Colleville-sur-Mer, on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944 as the first American cemetery on European soil in World War II. The cemetery site, at the north end of its half mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. In real life with the Nilands, it actually turned out later that another of the brothers was alive - he’d been held captive in a Burmese POW camp. Attempts to point out the "discrepancies" between the stories of Fritz Niland and James Ryan are often misguided, as Ryan is only based on Niland, and is not meant to be (or claimed to be) a completely accurate representation of him. The differences in the two stories seem to stem in part from the fact that the true story of Sergeant Niland and his brothers is often reported inaccurately. The character of Private James Ryan is a mixture of fact and fiction, with some of the fictional elements coming from the erroneous stories about the Niland brothers. The German credited as "Steamboat Willie" who was released by Capt. Miller is not the German who engaged and killed Pvt Stanley "Fish Mellish during hand-to-hand combat. "Steamboat Willie" was in the Heer (Army) of the Wehrmacht and the other was in the Waffen SS which was a paramilitary organization and not part of the Wehrmacht. Originally, the SS uniform differed from the Wehrmacht uniform-whereas the regular army wore field grey, the SS wore black, head to toe (although later the SS did adopt field grey and often wore camouflage pattern uniform. American troops were brown and they didn't wear jackboots. The lightning bolt SS insignia can be seen on the right collar lapel of the German as he passes Upham and reaches the bottom of the staircase. During the Battle at Ramelle, Upham became shell shocked and was unable to save a .30 cal team from a German soldier because he was too frozen with fear to do anything about it. He carried all the .30 caliber ammo at the battle of Ramelle, but was unable to do his job because he was always either pinned down or too afraid to move. He signified the loss of innocence in war and thought that soldiers could be civil, but he later succumbed to the evils of war and made up for his cowardice when he shot Steamboat Willie for killing Miller even after the latter had shown Willie mercy earlier. Not only did Upham represent the loss of innocence of war but he also symbolized the "Every-man". His illusion of neutrality faded when he finally had to pick and side and kill Steamboat Willie, his character revelation being how he finally understood the horrors of war. It became clear that Upham had turned into a hardened and true soldier because of the whole experience. Upham's rank was Tech 5 Corporal (E-5), that meant he was technician in a specialty area. His was maps and translator, he was not a combat infantryman and was never trained for front-line duty. Gunnery Sergent Hartman explained it this way in the movie Full Metal Jacket: "It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. "The way the next of kin was notified of their loved one was killed in action during WW II was by Western Union telegram delivered by a bicycle riding messenger. If you were being notified of multiple deaths as was the case in this film, notification was done in-person by a military officer, usually from the same branch of service as the deceased when possible. That's why the mother upon seeing the officer exit the car momentarily froze knowing that meant at least 2 of her boys were either KIA or MIA, as the priest exits the car, she staggers and completely collapsed. Unfortunately, you didn't include that in your video presentation. That is one of the most important scenes in the movie. The mother speaks no lines in the movie, yet her breakdown brought a flood of tears form movie goers in theaters across the nation. Another important scene is it is clear from the few lines Ryan's wife speaks that she has never heard the name of Capt. John Miller, this means John has never spoken to her about what happened that day in Ramelle. What many missed is listening to Ryan speaking at the Miller's grave of how he thought about what those 8 men did for him every day was not guilt, but commitment. There are units assigned to recover, bury and mark graves. Usually these were temporary battlefield cemeteries. As hostilities moved farther away, a more permanent site would be selected, at the family's request, whenever possible, the remains would be returned to the United States. At the Normandy Cemetery Visitors Center, you'll find the following inscription: IF EVER PROOF WERE NEEDED THAT WE FOUGHT FOR A CAUSE AND NOT FOR CONQUEST, IT COULD BE FOUND IN THESE CEMETERIES. HERE WAS OUR ONLY CONQUEST: ALL WE ASKED … WAS ENOUGH … SOIL IN WHICH TO BURY OUR GALLANT DEAD.General Mark W. ClarkChairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969-1984

you have to see "Flags Of Our Fathers" and then "Letters from Iwo Jima". The idea of ​​seeing the war from the two enemy points of view to understand that everyone loses in war except business...

Two of the Friends actors were in this movie, Phoebe's brother Frank, and Chandler's crazy roommate Eddie!

In World War II, about 27 million Russians, 418,000 American soldiers, 300,000 British and 4.3 million German soldiers died

Ellie is so good and genuine. Keep it up Ellie!

Love your channel you ladies perk up my day ❤

The doctor Wade die always hit me with 😭. I was 7 watching this film and till this day always hit me 😭😭

17:45 Wade had 4 bullets in his guts, Ouch 😣 that’s gotta hurt.

Vicki, I also take stones from places I have been or want to remember. I took a stone from the hospital parking lot where my mother passed away. I still have it in my car.

This movie has so much insight into how men interact with each other. But the scene where they catch the names of the brothers in the typing pool always gets me.

The first 20 minutes of this film have yet to be topped

Men has been through hell shed blood and gave us all freedom and kept us safe. Respect Man

Filmmakers like Spielberg are in a very short supply

Hello from America.I must say ladies, that is one genuinely heartfelt reaction. Thank you for taking me along with you. I never get tired of watching that film

Ellie you always get me crying when you cry

From the first landing at Omaha, 0630 it was over 2 hours before they started breaking out, with 2-5000 casualties. The other 4 beaches suffered much less, due to Armour support and the "Funnies". This a fictional story, very loosely based on the 4 Niland’s brothers. Edward (PoW 16 May 44), Robert (KIA 6 June 44), Preston (KIA 7 June 44) and Frederick, with H Coy, 501st PIR, 101st Airborne - who was shipped back to England 9 days after D-Day - (but no special "rescue mission" ever happened). Edward was liberated in May 45.

My dad served as a navigator in b17 through last 2 years of war, rarely talked about it, lost most of his friends.

Love you ladies and your reactions

I was looking through the movie uploads on the synch website, I can’t find saving private Ryan in the list, will it be uploaded?

My grandfather saw this movie before he passed away and he said the beginning on the beach was exactly what d day was like the only thing he said that was missing when we watched it was the smell of blood and diesel

Everyone needs to see these movies to appreciate what these folk sacrifice

The chain of command calls the soldiers fighting on the other side the "enemy". But take a closer look. Look at the corpses. Look the prisoners in the eyes. You will be able to see yourself.

God bless the veterans of past wars, fighting for freedom and God bless the Ukraine.