SAVING PRIVATE RYAN - CPL. UPHAM LEARNS WAR IS HELL AND GROWS A PAIR

From the Academy-Award winning film, Saving Private Ryan. Corporal Timothy Upham was recruited to join an mission to find Private Ryan and get him out of the war and back home. Upham was a cartographer and translator who could speak French and German and his skills would be needed as the mission was behind enemy lines. Having never fired his gun after basic training, Upham is nervous about the mission, but follows his orders. The mission, led by Capt. Miller, attack a German outpost and lose their medic. They capture a German soldier. Upham has never seen combat so he asks Capt. Miller to not kill the enemy soldier and he reluctantly agrees on the condition that the German soldier give himself up to the first American patrol he sees. Later on, the group locates Private Ryan, but discover that an entire battalion of German troops are headed their way. The Americans set up their defensive positions and hope to ambush the Germans and hold them off long enough until the US Army catches up or else they'll have to blow up the bridge. Upham is tasked with resupplying his fellow soldiers with ammo.

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