General Marshall reads the Bixby Letter | Volume Two | Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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no copyright infringement intended. The movie is not mine, the reactions are not mine, only the hard work, time, and dedication of putting this all together is mine. I wouldn't call myself a hero, cause what's a hero? But sometimes, there's a man....
To have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom. What a line
Also, one of few wars where such a line is actually accurate.
I feel like the reading and memorization from General Marshall is such an underrated scene. The parallels between the resolve of Abraham Lincoln and this fight against the Nazis for freedom are synonymous. I'm from the United States, and knowing these truths are essential to humanity.
Agreed, very powerful
Abe was Spitting straight bars
This war was similar to ww1, yet worse. The enemy had better weapons, more organized warfare, but worst of all they were driven. They had a goal, and that meant they'll kill no matter what. Which is in some cases why the death rates were higher that ww2
The comment about the Sullivan brothers was about 5 brothers all serving on the a cruiser the USS Juneau. She was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine and all 5 brothers were lost. After that the military didn’t allow siblings to serve in the same unit so it lessened the chances of an entire family getting erased. Later in the war a destroyer was named in their honor the USS “The Sullivans” DD-537. The ship survived the war and you can visit it today as a museum ship in Buffalo, NY. In keeping with the name of traditions the US navy has a current active destroyer named “The Sullivans”
My Uncle served on the Juneau and was killed and lost in that sinking, my grandmother never really got over it so it's even harder for me understand how the Sullivans mother handled that scenario, respect.
Sullivans got lucky last year being saved from the near capsize at port... The museum one I mean.
@@raymondlong3024Thank you for your Uncle’s service and his sacrifice at the alter of freedom. Him and his generation were truly the greatest…They literally saved the world from darkness and weren’t afraid of what would happen to them in the process. GOD Bless You and your Family..
The full story is fascinating. They didn't all die in the sinking. I believe George was the last to die. He jumped of the life raft in delirium after days afloat and floated away, never to be seen again
A vivid and brutally accurate description of what happened to the USS Juneau and the Sullivan family is written in the book Neptunes Inferno and the descriptions of what Naval warfare is like are hellish.
Marines on the ground had it better than the US Navy during the war in the Pacific and that should tell you all you know about it’s horrifying brutality.
"The boy's alive. We are gonna send somebody to FIND him. And we are gonna get him the HELL...out of THERE." Chills. No matter how many times I hear it. Chills.
mom collapsing onto the porch is the heart of the film...made more excruciatingly poignant by the probability that she is wondering "which one...?"
Flash forward to when the find him, the grizzled veterans standing around asking what's up.
"Ryans brother got killed"
"Which one?
"All of em"
That got their attention
its an very hard scene, yes but the scene with ryan standing infront of millers grave, talking to him bevore asking his wife to tell him he had a good life and that hes a good man just like miller asked him on the brigde... thats in my eyes even harder
-Ryan “Which ones?”
-Miller “All of them.”
-501st soldier “What’s this about?”
-Second 501st soldier “Ryan’s lost his brothers…”
1st soldier “Which ones?”
Second soldier “All of them”
All the soldiers slow look to second soldier in disbelief. 🫢
what a leader - this character and of course Lincoln.
Mom collapsing needs no words to express the pain of sorrow
Useless Film Trivia: The cast were told that he would read a letter to them - they were *not* told what letter it was. Their stunned reactions to that reading are completely genuine.
Um no, not "completely genuine," unless you want to argue that they're not actors.
genuine or improve?
@@asperhesThe direction to the actors in this instance, was to have an authentic reaction.
@@asperhes You can still get genuine reactions from actors. Happens all the time.
This is the real tear jerker of the entire movie. Imagine losing three kids at one time.
The mother...
And that family from the letter that lost 4. Geez. But you know what's even worse? Losing 5. I think at some point one of the guys in the room mentions the sullivan brothers. They were one of the main reasons the sole survivor rule became a thing after all 5 brothers died on a ship that was torpedoed. Idk if you already knew this or not I just felt it was relevant if you didn't
has happened several times in car accidents, type women lose all family in car accident in google and you see real sad stuff, enjoy everyday the little things in life because you never know whats around the corner
@@loquenotedicenlasnoticias When I was a kid nine! members of one family were killed in a car accident. I have never forgotten all those coffins from the parents down to the smallest child. I have seven cousins on the wall but that is insignificant compared to what this mother faced.
Did the Father not lose sons?
The mother what?
End your sentences.
Best cameo appearance in a movie ever - Harvey Presnell portraying General George Marshall reading Abraham Lincoln's American Civil War letter to Mrs. Bixby is the best two minute performance on film ever.
You obviously didn't watch fast and furious X man.
Like "Quint" Robert Shaw describing the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. Utterly spell binding. Both performances.
General Marshall was the second most important general of the war. The Marshall Plan was his brainchild after the war as Secretary of State.
agree
It is the greatest communication from a head of state to a citizen in history.
The opening battle overwhelms you mind and then this scene overwhelms your heart. What a masterpiece.
Just shows what it was like for our grandparents and their parents and some people give grief to the ones who served but my hats off to the ones who gave the ultimate sacrifice thanks to all
What I can't believe is Parents took there kids to see this movie. The theaters warned them that the movie is extremely violent. I saw so many parents running out of the theater with their kids in tow!
Well it`s a movie about war, which by it`s very nature is extremely violent. As well as the fact that the movie was hyped as being a very realistic view of combat, so really what were they expecting? While it obviously depends on how young the kids are, I think that using the movie to teach them what war is all about and the sacrifices previous generations made would be a good thing.
To be honest, it was NEVER the reading of the letter that got to me. It was the scene immediately BEFORE it where the car pulls up to the mother's house, and she falls out of fear of losing ONE son, but we the viewers know that it is far worse than she could possibly imagine with learning about losing THREE of her sons at the same time. That was always the part that tore me apart.
I’m not looking to spoil your feels, but she knew it was more than one. They never sent an officer and priest for one death. That would have just been the telegram.
Honest people never specify when being honest, it's the default.
Only liars have to specify when being honest, because it's not the default.
@@dgpatter Yes, I think that's correct. Those damn Western Union telegrams were dreaded by families, but usually just delivered with not much else. Once the car doors opened and an officer and priest came out she knew it too. Gut wrenching scene.
No they would deliver each telegram that way for each soldier killed !@dgpatter
Some history: the banner at 3:14 has a star for each family member serving in the military. In the event that that person is killed, the star representing them is replaced with a GOLD one, in honor of their sacrifice & loss. There was even a support group called "The Gold Star Mothers'...!
It's such an important shot in the movie to me.
You already know she has four sons fighting in the war, they just told you. But you see she has the banner hanging in the window AFTER they show you where she lives. A farmhouse in the middle of corn fields, somewhere in the heartland. Which means that nobody else sees that banner. It's just for her, a momma who's so proud of her boys. Nobody else is going to see when three of those stars change to gold either, but she will.
Every day. And it makes me sad.
Gold Star families became a political punching bag a few years ago. We have completely forgotten that war doesn’t have to be the natural state of the world even though it always has been.
I thought Harve Presnell's reading of the Bixby letter was an amazing moment in the movie. How he started reading it and then finished the letter looking off having memorized it. That whole clip was heart breaking but Gen, Marshall set the tone for the movie.
Holy shit that was Harve Presnell, the same guy who's in Fargo.
@@asperhes Yes, and he who sang "They Call The Wind Maria" in Paint Your Wagon.
Marshall was the 2nd most important general of the war. His contribution to the world was the brilliance of the MARSHALL plan.
George Marshall is, in my view, the greatest man America has ever produced. A genius, a diplomat, a civil rights pioneer, the architect of the reconstruction of Europe and Japan, and the commanding general of the arsenal of democracy.
Cities should be renamed for him. Countries should celebrate his birthday as a national holiday.
His greatness cannot be overstated.
Your view is shared by the vast majority of students of history. Marshall was one of the finest leaders the United States ever produced.
@@desantisphotography
Kind of you to say.
Obviously, the scene itself is apocryphal. However, I have little doubt it deviated from his character as a man, or his decisiveness as a military officer.
Every time I feel discouraged about the state of the country, I think of people like Marshall, or Lincoln, or Eisenhower, or MLK, or Rosa Parks, or Father Edward Flanagan, or any of a number of other courageous, decent people who embody the best qualities of humanity, thus forging an example to follow.
We really need to broaden the scope of our definition of patriotism. It's more than flags, fireworks, and Second Amendment bumper stickers. Real patriotism is doing the right thing, for the right reason, in spite of unpopularity, difficulty, or counter-argument.
O Lord , receive them in Thy glory and pardon all their faults, because no greater love is that those who give his own life to save his brother...
Most definitely. Whenever I hear arguments against patriarchy or people want to bring up sins of our countries past, I drop the names of these men to remind them of the true nature of our country.
Absolutely correct!!!! The man has never been given his due. He is a great example of leadership.
I first saw this scene when I was 18. Now, with a son of my own it makes my chest tighten with an existential grief at the thought of him in a war.
Having lost my brother in Vietnam it takes an unmeasurable toll on the mother
May he Rest in peace.
When I first saw this, I wasn't a parent and I was like "Yeah, that's pretty sad". Now, as a parent with two young boys the scene devastates me every time I see it. Absolutely heart-wrenching scene.
Abraham Lincoln--historians have tried for 150 plus years to comprehend his uniqueness and greatness.
More than 1,100 book shave been written about Abraham Lincoln, according to a report I read.
He was just a good man. Trying to do the right thing.
In simplistic terms
Lincoln didn't write this. It was written by a speechwriter and published in a newspaper. Basically, it was propaganda for the Union cause. Still a very nice letter.
@@bsb1975 Actually I think that is only a likely probability. Nonetheless, it was certainly within his prosaic capability.
@@roberttompkins6489I think he's right. I don't remember which Lincoln staff member wrote it, but they found the world "beguile" in several of his speeches and in none of Lincolns other ones
As someone who has watched that car pull into my drive way, these reactions always kill me.
Oh .....
That means .....
I am sorry if I was wrong, but if I was right in my assumption, I just want to say : My condolences for your loss, friend.
And thank you for your loved one service.
The scene of the mother collapsing is possibly the most poignant scene. The two Niland brothers (who the movie is based on) that died on June 6th and June 7th 1944 are buried beside each other at the Colleville cemetery over Omaha Beach. The 3rd brother was believed KIA in the far east but was found alive.
This film is based on a true story. There's been several situations since the Revolutionary War where all of the men of the same family were killed in battle.
My father served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War twice. He enlisted and served his tour only to come home and go right back to serve again, in the place of his twin brother who had just been drafted in the Army. He had written to his congressman asking for permission to serve for his brother so he wouldn't have to go.
The best brother a man can have.🙏🙇♂️
I was proud to have served in the U.S. NAVY many years ago. What comes to mind is the Sullivan brothers. Five went down on the same ship. I can see the hurt on the faces of these ladies, and I wonder, after all the faces that cried so many tears,why do we do this to ourselves. War is a terrible thing...our loses are unforgivable.
As I have lost a friend in combat in 2012, I can never forget his mother grief at the funeral and it haunts
me every day. We must remember America's fallen!!
My Uncle Dave was 101st airborne. My dad lied to get in the Army Air Corp. He was17. Neither one ever talked about. My dad would only say he remembers being scared. My heroes
Who ever wrote that scene. Wrote a masterpiece. Especially when he wasn't looking at the letter. He had memorized the letter. Beautifully done.
Steven Spielberg
@@tizianfaddi9026ahhh well he is one of the best. Every second of this scene is just perfect.
My Dad was a Korean War combat Vet. He had real trouble with the Omaha Beach scene, he had to get up and go out for a few minutes. He no more than came back in, before he had to go out again. This scene broke him up as well.
My uncle hit Omaha beach.
Love the Bixby letter! Lincoln was a great writer and orator.
Its one of my favorite pieces of writing. I think I heard that Lincoln was avid reader since he was a kid. And it shows in his writing.
For being a self taught country lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was one of the smartest and greatest orators the world has ever seen.
Historians consider the Bixby Letter to be one of the finest pieces of writing in the English language.
@@cunard61 It's amazing. Could you imagine Trump or Bush writing something like this? Trump would probably insult the lady for having so many sons that died.
@@tracymiller1149 I know this is a little late , but could you make an effort to keep your hatred of Trump out of non political videos .
There is a TH-cam of Orson Wells, when he called George C Marshall the "greatest man he ever met." I was assigned to do a report on General Marshall when I was in fourth grade, and he has always been one of my heroes. A man of unmatched loyal, integrity, and honor, who always deferred to the greater good than his own personal glory or gain. A man who wanted to lead D-Day and was promised the assignment by FDR, but deferred when FDR told him he would not be able to sleep with him away from Washington. One of America's most underrated, as in the video Orsen Wells would call him, human beings.
I have to read a biography on this man. He sounds amazing.
That was insane editing Leb. You deserve a raise for this one!
it might push me into a higher tax bracket.
Thank you for your service, Veterans. What you have done means everything for our Liberty. May our Flag fly Boldly, Unimpeded, and Beautifully today and always.
I hope all of the reactors realize how realistic this is. WW2 vets saw it and hap breakdowns.
The Mother can hold out hope until the priest get's out of the back, then she's sure about what the visit means...but WE know it's way worse than she can imagine. Heart breaking moment.
As my parents once told me: When you're visited by a telegram boy, it could be good OR bad news. When a staff car arrives, it's NEVER good news. This is why Mrs. Ryan "knew". It was a matter of which? How many? Such a powerfully emotional scene.... & w/ today being a cloudy, rainy Memorial Day, perfect to remind me of why I have a holiday today....
5 Sullivan brothers were killed while serving on cruiser USS Juneau while was sunk during WWII.
I think sharks got the last 2 according to some of the survivors. Horrific
No matter how many times I've watched these scenes, they still hit just as hard.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Excerpt from "For the Fallen", by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
the five Sullivan brothers all were killed in 1942 when their ship the. Juneau was sunk by submarine.
Very powerful scene. 400,000 of these letters were done. Thank you gentlemen for your sacrifice.
can you do a compilation about the opening scene here , the Omaha beach battle
The greatest act of bravery in a film of so many was Mrs. Ryans dignified walk fron the kitchen to the front porch.
I couldn’t imagine doing this job god bless the veterans and troops bruv
As a retired Navy Corpsman, I've had guy's die on me. Fact of war. I never LEFT their side. When I saw this when it first came out, I could REALLY relate AND sympathize with what the family at home must have felt. Three wars was enough for me. Vietnam ( Late 1975 ), Gulf War, and War on Global Terrorism.
My dad served 3 tours in Vietnam as a SeaBee. Mom was home with 5 kids (4 boys). I remember seeing her in front of the TV at night watching the reports. He retired after 20 yrs. Had any of us boys gone into the military it would have been her end for sure. Widow maker took dad at 53.
@@msb3175 My condolences
I love your videos the way a fat kid loves cake.
Abraham Lincoln was a master of the American language.
This has become a staple at get togethers on Memorial Day. I've read this at least 20 times. Never without my eyes filled with tears.
I just want to say something about what this movie meant to some people. My buddies and a few girls when we were sixteen/seventeen would get our older friends to buy us some beer and sneak it into the movie theatre and watch whatever big release came out that weekend, having a grand old time as degenerate kids. When we watched this movie, once we saw this, we put our beers down and we watched. And cried. We hated war and we loved our country and our freedom. Two of us were brave enough to love the latter more than we hated the former, and after 9/11 three years later, they left very good colleges to enlist. One ended up marine infantry and saw tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. The other ended up in naval intelligence and died somewhere in Afghanistan in 2006. We don’t know where exactly. Maybe his family does by now. Honestly, it’s easier for me not to look to hard into the whole thing. I think back at this moment, at this movie, when we all sobered up, literally, and realized the world was real and sad and full of sacrifice; when some of us decided that if it came to a fight, they’d fight. I’m not proud to say I wasn’t one of those two. I’m sad to say one of those two is gone. I’m honored he was my friend.
To be an officer, you must love the Army. To be a General, you must be willing to order the death of that which you love.
R.E. Lee C.S.A.
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend.
Jesus Christ
War is all hell, and you can not refine it.
W.T. Sherman
Let us not mourn that such as these have died. Rather, let us rejoice that they LIVED.
George S. Patton U.S.A.
The four blue stars in the window represents four sons in service. After they're KIA, the families are issued gold stars to replace the blue.
This IS.... without question, the MOST poignant moment in the movie....and the acting is on point.....
I saw this film with my father-in-law a WWII vet and was the youngest person
In the theater and not a dry eye in the house thanks to men like Jean Stone and the generation that saved us from dictatorship and tyranny
Do compilation of Terminator 2 reactions when the terminator and the T-1000 meet john connor in the mall corridor.
Extremely powerful drama. I have watched this numerous times and brings a tear for each.
When the mother goes out on the porch maybe expecting one letter, receiving three, when she sinks down.
Your reaction to this will tell you whether you are human or no.
The sad truth is general. Marshall kept that letter when he was reading the daily casualty reports he would read it or look at it.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.
Dear Madam,--
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
A. Lincoln
as a baby boomer..with both my folks and grandfolks lived through both the Great Depression and WWII... this movie was their reality (and everyone's)... they were my forebears... and I honor and love them... I hope I earned... WL Ridley PhD
thats why we stand for the national anthem and flag, we stand for the dead who gave their lives for us also for mrs. ryan, mrs bixbee and the thousands of mothers, daughters , wives, husbands , children ect. whatever your problem is with the country, its minuscule to the good we stand for.
I can do the same sitting down. You have no right to tell people who have suffered the evils of this country and survived. I served my country faithfully but I will never stand for that racist national anthem.
@@play030 This is not the place,nor the time to display the vulgaraity of one over any other .
Kindly be a bit more thoughtful instead of hate filled.
Every time I see this movie and Mrs. Ryan collapses on the porch, I can't help but well up at all those sons and fathers that never came home. Five of my great-uncles never came home, thankfully my grandfather was too young to enlist or be drafted before the war ended.
God gives hope for the future: ".............nation will not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore". - Micah 4:3
Love Seeing Everyone's Reactions
My brother was a school teacher for kids, that were moved out of the regular classroom, to the 'troubled' kids school. Dozens were killed or died of drugs before they graduated. Once in a great while, with the appropriate students, he showed the first 15 minutes of SPR to the class. The class that reached the end of high school at least. The 'punks' in class are talking at the start, but after a minute the room grows silent, and remains silent, until it ends. Even those immature kids have a better appreciation of human life, especially the lives of American soldiers, than some politicians. It is a giant step for them, to even fall under the shadow, of a man like Abraham Lincoln. I have the greatest respect for people who risk their lives to save the life of another. Firemen, rescue workers, police, soldiers, even medical personnel. And, perhaps most of all, the parent dedicated to their child's survival for so many years. Then to send them off to war, and all you get back is a letter. This must not be the future of the world.
Back then you just got a telegram. When she saw an officer and a chaplain getting out of the car, she must have known it was very, very bad news.
The great Harv Presnell, a good solid actor and quite the musical star.... great boice....
There is a brief shot of a flag with four stars on Mrs. Ryan's house. The four stars represented the four sons she had who were fighting in the war. People were very proud that their sons were fighting Hitler and the Nazi's and the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Those four stars showed her pride.
Sadly, three of those stars would be replaced by gold stars. God bless Gold Star mothers!
My grandmother had one. One blue, one gold.
This heart destroying scene is made even more powerful by the perfection of John Williams’ beautiful score.
The slow, unassuming build up leads us to the inevitably wrenching moment when this mother collapses into her life-altering grief. And the unspoken visual portrayal of her grief, aided so profoundly by the glorious music, makes her grief ours.
Bryan Cranston played the War department Colonel if he looks familiar he starred in Breaking Bad
This was a great compilation & just reminds me EVERY American🇺🇸 should watch *(Saving Private Ryan)*
It wasnt only Americans that died you arrogant pos
The crazy thing to me is that you'd think enough Americans had watched it( and some of the other great movies that show the horrors of war) not to be so gung-ho about sending their own kids off to fight unnecessary wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but here we are...
@@korganrocks3995 Well, I would think enough Americans had watched it to know that their country was not evil, not built on systematic racism, and not the scourge of modern history books either but here we are.
@@88wildcatBut the US is evil, is built on systemic racism and is only saved from being the scourge of modern history because Russia and China have managed to outdo it when it comes to horrific abuses of power as a huge nation...
This movie was inspired by the 5 Sullivan brothers, who all died on the same ship in ww2.
❤ to all the reactors but especially Nia, Simone, Dasha, Emily....well hell, all of them 😂
Evil is only defeated buy good people willing to do so, it will always come at a price....
Price of freedom is very high, many lives have been lost in the past for that cause. Sadly, some people today can not comprihand that fact and they took all the benefits of living in a free society for granted. So ungrateful
It was decided before this due to a similar situation, if all but one sibling in survive dies, the last is to be returned immediately, the Sullivan Act due to all 4 Sullivan brothers died together when their ship was sunk, that's why siblings can't serve together.
5:25 *"What do you do in that situation?"*
The only thing you can do- you break glass in case of emergency. And the tool you reach for are the Army Rangers; the best of the best. Rangers lead the way!
It's still a suicide mission no matter how you look at it, but you at least have one tactical advantage: Both units are special forces. You have Capt Miller's squad- a hand selected group of Army Rangers -going to find James Ryan, a member of the 101st Airborne. In WW2, Rangers and Airborne were the most elite troops the US had. Yes, Rangers still exist today as special forces, sure, but they were even more so during WW2. Those incarnations of Rangers were the predecessors to the Green Berets, and the Airborne in WW2 were the predecessors to Navy SEALs.
I pity anyone who'd ever have to fight a combined unit of SEALs and Green Berets. If anybody could fight their way out of a cauldron from being surrounded by the enemy, it was the Rangers and the 101st Airborne:
They were supposed to be surrounded
The English language isn’t used in this way anymore, such compassion and emotion in these words
I do love how you put every reactor's channels under their inserts when they first show up. Far FAR better than what so many compilation channels do.
Everyone tears up with the echoed voices of what the telegrams all say (as they should) but I wonder how they'd reaction to knowing that thanks to the Battle of the Somme, entire villages in northern England lost an entire generation of men, brothers/father/sons, in less than a day.
There will never be a time I don't cry watching this scene.
The Colonel. Is that Bryan Cranston? Breaking Bad?
yes indeed.
The second you see that staff car rolling up your driveway...ya. You would know. This happened over and over. Countless times, all across the USA.
when the chaplin and a few officers show up at your door you know its bad for any military family member
I've had to visit miltary families to notify them of a loss of a loved one, it's heart wrenching for all those involved.
Nothing can prepare someone to give that horrible news or receive it.
stop invading places and you wont get such visits
Yup I can only imagine. The only way it could be okay if that chaplain or one of the officers is/are yours child(ren).
@@thepaladinauthoryoutube All I can say is thank God for Chaplains. One always traveled with me when I had to break the news, they seemed to know how to bring comfort to the family during such a horrible time.
I'd have been completely lost without them.
In WW2 they didn't normally send anyone. There were too many killed and wounded. They just sent you a telegram.
Imagine waking up,every day waiting for another letter!I have 4 sons.When she saw them get out of the car she said to herself please let it just be 1.Getting it all at once is horrific, I couldn't wish that on anyone.Imagine the alternative?? Waiting day in @ day out.Every morning wondering if there will be another letter.For years.
Credit to Amanda Boxer, who carried one of the most powerful scenes in film history without ever saying a word.
It's bad enough getting the telegram. You know it's bad when they send an officer out to deliver the news... But an officer and a priest?
General Marshals story is often forgotten but he was a generals general who sought no glory for himself, only service to his men and country.
The thing that made me pause the film and break down is the scene of her breaking down she is only expecting one child to die not 3. I cannot imagine the hurt of that.
I don't know how they do it nowadays but back then when you see a Military Vehicle pulling up to your house there was a Chaplain in the car too and you knew. Salute to GOLD STAR Families.
People see war their thoughts go to the ones who are serving as it should be but very few think of the mothers and yes they are going through hell right along with the ones who serve !
I can think of only two men that had such command of the English language.
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill.
Lincoln is one of the greats. They don't make them like that anymore!
Gen Marshall demonstrated what manhood looks like in this scene.
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
Abraham Lincoln.
At that point in time seeing military car driving up to your home she knew she had lost a son...only to be told 3 of her 4 were gone.......and they had no idea where the fourth was.
IMHO... SPvtR LOSING Best Picture to that bloody Weinstein pos Shakespeare in Love is the greatest SNUB in Oscar history. Harrison Ford (who presented the award/read the winner) was disappointed as well. Number 2 on my list would be young Brando in Streetcar losing to an old Bogart.
Epistinia Fyodorovna Stepanova (November 18, 1882 - February 7, 1969) was a Russian woman whose eight sons died in the war, the ninth son died of wounds received at the front
My mom said when my great uncle came back from WWII he wouldn't sleep in the house. Slept in the backyard. Why I'm proud and happy my mom named me after my Father. High school buddy shot himself down the road from me after he got back serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Leave no man behind...if they die than I die.
The films Storyline is loosely based on the Niland brothers, Edwin, Preston, Robert and Frederick of Tonawanda, NY a suburb of Buffalo. They all enlisted. It is said that Speilberg either visited, or sent a writer to Tonawanda for research purposes. The Nilands original house still exists in the Elmwood Park area. In June 1944 their family was informed that two of the four brothers had been killed and a third was presumed dead. At that time the remaining brother, Frederick, was sent home by direct order of General George C. Marshall.
I have Saving Private Ryan saved on my DVR and from time to time I play the movie. This part always hits hardest. In the small Wisconsin farming town I grew up in during the late 1970's I remember visiting the local VFW Hall and talked to the veterans, many of them survivors of the War in the Pacific. The pain they felt inside their souls came through when I heard them reminisce (recount) (recall) those days from their youth fighting for our nation. They were especially fond of those they left behind, those friends, comrades or relatives who did not come home. It is impossible not to tear up and cry. Thank you for posting this reflective moment with these viewers.
Lincoln had such a powerful way to articulate his feelings as the Bixby letter is one example of that, and it's extremely moving! This scene is one that hits hard, but perhaps the most powerful scene in movie history, to me, is at the end when Captain Miller tells Ryan to " Earn this". Not just words meant for Ryan but especially to all of us. Those men sacrificed everything to make the world a better place and a 2nd chance to reshape this world in a better way. Earn this for me, is directed at all generations. I sure hope the world never sees such destruction as these men endured. This movie will stand the test of time. Such a great tribute to all those courageous men who served in that horrible war. Thanks for sharing this video!!
My Uncle Bill, died at D-day plus four. I never got to meet him. My father is buried next to him in Chicago. He was initially buried with the Airborne in France, then re-intured at home. Done a lot of research on him. No one special, a private, who gave his life for our country. While I never met him, i regret it daily, miss him, and grieve.
This movie is a must at anytime but especially now
Marshall was a tremendous leader.
I Live in The UK and I find the comments and Reactors saying if you dont cry you not human is a wrong thing to say. People Show Different Motions
Thank you to all the MEN who sacrificed their lives so we could live ours!
As a Navy veteran I too say thank you to my fellow vets who gave the ultimate sacrifice. However, I cannot help but think of how many of them are spinning in their graves because of the utter contempt today's woke generation has for this country, its history, and the countless men and women who made this country what it is today. Is it a perfect country? No. Far from it, but a damn good one that does not deserve the unrelenting hate this generation and countless college professors and so called "social justice" activists have for it. The United States does not deserve that hate and never will.
@@terryfrancis900 oh get over yourself.
crazy, you see women type-write all these letters to grieving mothers and Fathers, today a AI bot could be doing the same job to grieving mothers and fathers.
Yes so poignant. The power is on the name of the most cherished and beloved president of the USA. After the horrific tragedy of the lost of all 5 Sullivan brothers...it was and us stayed policy that one son must not go to fight. 😢