"Dad?" "Clear the ramp!" "30 seconds!" "God be with you!" "Portside stick!" "Starboard side stick!" "Move fast and clear those mortar holes!" "I want to see plenty of beach between men." "Five men is a juicy opportunity." "One is a waste of ammo." "Keep the sand out of your weapons!" "Keep those actions clear!" "I'll see you on the beach!" "Clear the mortar holes!" "Over the side!" "Port and starboard!" "Over!" "Come on!" "I said, "What the hell do we do now, Sir?"" "Captain Miller!" "Captain Miller!" "Sergeant Horvath!" "Move your men off the beach!" "Go!" "Okay, you guys, get on my ass!" "Follow me!" "Sir, what's the rallying point?" "Anywhere but here!" "The seawall!" "Move up to the seawall!" "Sir, I'm staying!" "Clear this beach, make way for the others!" "This is all we got between us and the Almighty." "Every inch of this beach has been pre-sighted!" "You stay here, you're dead men!" "Mama!" "Mama!" " What are you guys?" " 104th Medical Battalion, Sir!" "Here to set up field operations!" "Get rid of that crap!" "Grab yourselves some weapons and follow me!" " I'm hit!" "Briggs!" "Get me out of here!" "I'm hit low." "God!" "Medic!" "Navy Beach Battalion!" "I got to clear these obstacles, make holes for the tanks!" "All the armor is foundering in the Channel!" "Orders, Sir!" "Go somewhere else!" "I'm clearing this way!" "Come on, Briggs!" "Medic!" "Go on!" "Move!" "Go on!" "Move!" "Shore party!" "No armor has made it ashore." "We got no DD tanks on the beach." "Dog One is not open!" "Who's in command here?" "You are, Sir!" " Sergeant Horvath?" " Sir!" "You recognize where we are?" "Right where we should be, but no one else is!" "Nobody's where they're supposed to be!" "Shore party!" "First wave ineffective." "We do not hold the beach." "Say again, we do not hold the beach." "We're all mixed up, Sir!" "We got leftovers from Fox, Able and George companies." "Plus we got some Navy demo guys and a beachmaster." "Shore party!" "Shore party!" "CAT-F, CAT-F..." " Reiben here, Sir!" " Seen anybody else?" " Jackson, that's it." " Mellish here!" "Caparzo!" "We got DeForest back there with Wade!" "D is hurt so bad, he says he's sprung 100 leagues!" "Wade says he's all used up!" "Move on to someone you can help." "Let's go!" "He's a battalion surgeon, sir!" " Get his attention." " Wade!" "Get down!" "Wade!" "Wade!" "It's too risky, Doc!" "Too risky!" " Wade!" " All right, get him off the beach." "I got it!" "We stopped the bleeding!" "We stopped the bleeding!" "Fuck!" "Fuck!" "Just give us a fucking chance, you son of a bitch!" "You fucking cocksucker!" "Come on!" "Wade, it's Mellish." "Wade!" "Let's move!" "Let's move!" "Let's move!" "Fuck it!" "This is all?" "This is all that's made it?" "We got scattered pretty bad." "There's bound to be more of us." "It's not enough, not enough!" "Dog One exit has gotta be that cut on the right over there." " Or is it left, shit!" " No, Vierville is to the west of us." " This is Dog One." " They're killing us!" "If we don't have a fucking chance, it ain't fair!" "Gather weapons and ammo!" "Gather weapons and ammo!" "Drag them in off the sand!" "Reiben!" "Hey, Reiben!" "Reiben!" "Reiben, where's your BAR?" "Bottom of the Channel." "Bitch tried to drown me." "Find a replacement." "Bangalores!" "Bring out some Bangalores!" " Engineers coming." " Grenades!" "Grenades!" "Get them over here!" "Bangalores go up the line!" "Bangalores up the line!" "Heads up!" "Bangers coming your way!" "Come on, come on!" "Jackson here, Sir." "Oh, my God, it hurts!" "One more!" "Give me one more!" "Somebody!" "Oh, my God, it hurts!" "I'm gonna die!" "Oh, my God!" "Jesus, oh, my God!" "Put it in, put it in." "Keep it moving." "Jesus!" "Come on!" "Lucky bastard!" "Keep it moving!" "You aren't gonna die." "You're not going to die." "You're fine." "Don't look, don't look at it." "Don't look at it!" "Bangalores!" "Clear the shingle!" " Fire in the hole!" " Fire in the hole!" "Fire in the hole!" "Fire in the hole!" "We're in business!" "Defilade!" "Other side of the hole!" " More morphine!" "That's it, let's go!" "Inspected." "Morphine!" "Routine!" "Priority." "He's gone!" "Son of a..." " Get in there." " Fuck, I can't move." " Mellish, give me your bayonet." " Yes, Sir." " Two MG42's, two mortars, add 20, left 30." "Slow defilade over there, but it's a perfect firing position if we had some goddamn armor on the beach." "What's going on?" "We gotta get this draw open." "Reiben, Mellish, let's get in the war!" "Grab some cover and put some fire on that crew." "Davis, DeBernardo, Young, Vall, get ready!" "Covering fire!" "Go, go, go!" "It's a goddamn firing squad." "It's the only way we can get anyone the hell out of here." "Short, Payton, McDonald, Parles!" "You're next." "Why not just hand out blindfolds, Captain?" "All we can do here is die." "Covering fire!" "Go, go, go!" " Come on, come on!" " Go, goddamn it!" " Jackson!" " Sir?" " See that impact crater?" " Yes, Sir." "It should give you complete defilade from that machine gun." "Get in there and give me some fire discipline." "Wait for my command." "Go!" "Captain, if your mother saw you do that, she'd be very upset." "I thought you were my mother." "Be not Thou far from me, O Lord." "Oh, my God!" "I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee." "I detest my sins for having offended Thee, O Lord." "Listen to me, Lord." "O my strength, haste Thee to help me." "Dog One exit, right here!" "We're in business!" "Move, move!" "Reiben!" " Go, Sarge, go!" " Reiben!" "Come on, Doyle!" "Sarge!" "Flame!" "Doyle, do it!" "Don't shoot!" "Let them burn!" "Cease fire!" "Cease fire!" "Cut it out!" "Cut it out!" "Cease fire!" "Sugar Cane, Sugar Charlie Three." "Say again, Dog One is open." "Send in the dozers." "I'm waiting here to tie in my flanks." "Over." "What?" "What?" "I'm sorry, I can't understand what you're saying!" "What did he say?" "What did he say?" ""Look, I washed for supper. "" "Hey, Fish!" "Yeah?" "Look at this." "A Hitler Youth knife." "And now it's a Shabbat challah cutter, right?" "That's quite a view." "Yes, it is quite a view!" "Dear Mr. Brian Boyd no dubt by now you have received full information..." "Dear Mrs. Jensen..." "... of your son Albert's death." "Our outfit feels his loss tremendously." "He was a fine soldier and he believed very strongly in what we were doing..." "It's no secret anymore that we were involved in one of the most important operations of this war." "Al was the one who held us all together." "He was always the first to volunteer and..." "We came to a clearing, where over 4,000 troops had passed." "Your husband served in a combat unit whose dangerous duty is to place itself..." "Which we all cherish and hold dear." "The loss of Lee and others like him is a distinct blow..." "I fully understand your desire to learn as much as possible regarding the circumstances of his death..." "Colonel, I've got something you should know about." "Yes?" "These two men died in Normandy." "This one at Omaha Beach." ""Sean Ryan. "" "This man at Utah." ""Peter Ryan. "" "This man was killed last week in New Guinea." ""Daniel Ryan. "" "The three men are brothers, Sir." "I've just learned that this afternoon their mother is going to be getting all three telegrams." "That's not all." "There's a fourth brother, the youngest." "He parachuted in with the 101st Airborne night before the invasion." "He's somewhere in Normandy." "We don't know where." " Is he alive?" " We don't know!" "Come with me." "Goddamn it!" "All four of them were in the same company in the 29th Division but we split them up after the Sullivans died on the Juneau." "Had any contact with the fourth son, James?" "No, Sir!" "He was dropped about 15 miles inland, near Neuville..." "... but that's still deep behind German lines." " Mac, there is no way you can know where in the hell he was dropped." "General, first reports are that the 101st is scattered all to hell and gone!" "There's misdrops all over Normandy." "Now assuming Private Ryan even survived the jump he could be anywhere." "In fact, he's probably "Killed In Action. "" "And frankly, Sir, if we go sending some sort of rescue mission flat-hatting throughout swarms of German reinforcements all along our axis of advance, they're gonna be "Killed In Action", too." "I have a letter here written a long time ago to a Mrs. Bixby in Boston." "So bear with me." ""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... "" ""... that would 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 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. "" "That boy is alive." "We are going to send somebody to find him." "And we are going to get him the hell out of there." " Yes, Sir!" " Yes, Sir!" " Miller, Charlie Company." " Go in, Captain." "If we don't off-load those dual-drive Shermans by 0600 we'll have an entire division stuck at Carentan with its pants around its ankles." "Well, you let me know, then." "Have Charlie Company hold at Vierville until we can get some armor up there." "Yes, Sir!" "Runner!" "Airborne was supposed to win an open door for the rest of us." "Instead they misdropped." "Scattered all their sticks into the wind." " What's your situation?" " Yes, Sir." "Sector four is secure." "We, uh we took out towed 88's, here, here, and here." "They've already gotten four of our Shermans, a number of deuce and a halves." "These two minefields are actually one big one." "We tried to make our way up to the middle of it, but it turned into a mixed high-density field." "A little bit of everything, Springmine 44's, Schumine 42's, pot mines, A200's although the wooden bastards of that mine detectors don't pick up." "On this road here, they placed big mushrooms, Tellermine 43's." "I guess for our tanks from here right up to the edge of the village, right here." "So we marked them, called the engineers." "Resistance?" "We had higher support expectations, Sir." "There was an understrength company without artillery:" "Wehrmacht 346th Infantry, von Luck Kampfgruppe." "We ended up with 23 prisoners." "We turned them over to MP's from the 29th." "What about our casualties?" "Well, the figure is we're 35 dead, times two wounded." "They just didn't want to give up those 88's." "It was a tough assignment." "That's why you got it." "Yes, Sir!" "John!" " I've got another one for you." " Yes, Sir." "This one's straight from the top." "You and I are taking a squad over to Neuville on a public relations mission." "You're leading a squad?" "A private in the 101st lost three brothers and he's got a ticket home." "How come Neuville?" "Yeah, I think he's up there somewhere, part of all the airborne misdrops." "It's not gonna be easy to find one particular soldier in the middle of this goddamn war." "Like finding a needle in a stack of needles." "What about the company?" "We take the pick of the litter and the rest get folded into Baker." "Jesus Christ, they took away your company?" "It wasn't my company, it was the Army's." "Or so they told me anyway!" "Get me Reiben on BAR, Jackson, Wade, Beasley and Caparzo." "Beasley's dead." "All right, Mellish then." " We got anybody who speaks French?" " Not that I know of." " What about Talbot?" " This morning." "All right, I'm gonna go try to dig up another interpreter." "Assemble a battalion motor pool on the beach." "Yes, Sir!" " Listen up." "What?" " What are we doing?" "You're going home wrapped in an American flag with a hunk of cheese in your ass, Caparzo!" "You smart ass!" "Now listen up!" "But you like it in the ass!" " What?" " I told you liked it in the ass." " Attention!" " As you were." "I'm looking for Corporal Upham, Timothy E." "I'm Upham, Sir." "I understand you speak French and German." "Yes, Sir!" " How's your accent?" " Just a slight one in French." "My German is clean, has a touch of Bavarian, Sir." "Very good!" "You've been reassigned to me." "Grab your gear we're going to a place called Neuville." " When was this updated?" " Updated at 08:30, this morning, Sir." " Uh, Sir?" " These are the two axes in the South..." " There are Germans in Neuville." " That's what I understand, Corporal." "Sir, there are a lot of Germans in Neuville." " You have a problem with that?" " No, Sir!" "It's just that you consider I've never been in combat." "I make maps and translate." "I need someone who speaks French and German." "Yes, Sir!" "My two guys were killed." "Yes, Sir!" "It's just that I haven't held a weapon since basic training." "Did you fire the weapon in basic training?" " Yes, Sir." " Then get your gear." "Sir, may I bring..." "May I bring my typewriter, Sir?" "Yes, Sir!" "Thank you very much." " Is that a souvenir?" "No, Sir." "Take your time, Corporal." "You should look on the bright side of things, corporal." "For one thing, you don't need to carry those." " You'll need that." " Need this?" "Yes, Sir." "Hey, you want your head blown off, you fancy little fuck?" "Don't ever touch me with those little rat claws again." "Get the fuck back in formation." "I just wondered where you're from." " Caparzo, is it?" " Drop dead, Corporal." "Gotcha!" "And another thing, every time you salute the Captain, you make him a target for the Germans." "I'm sorry." "So do us a favor, don't do it." "Especially when I'm standing next to him." "Capisce?" " Capisce." " Corporal, what's your book about?" " Hey, watch your rifle." " Sorry." "Actually, it's about the bonds of brotherhood that develop between soldiers during war." "Brotherhood?" "What do you know about brotherhood?" "Get a load of this guy, Fish." "Why don't you ask the Captain where he's from?" "Yeah, ask the Captain." "He'll tell you everything you wanna know about him." "You wanna explain the math of this to me?" "I mean, where's the sense in risking the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?" "20 degrees." "Anybody want to answer that?" "Reiben, think about the poor bastard's mother." "Hey Doc, I got a mother, all right?" "You got a mother." "Sarge has got a mother." "Shit, I bet even the Captain's got a mother." "Well, maybe not the Captain, but the rest of us got mothers." " There's not to reason why, there's but to do and die." "What the fuck does that suppose to mean, corporal?" ""We're all supposed to die. " is that it?" "Upham's talking about our duty as soldiers." " Yes, Sir." " We have orders, and have to follow them." "That supersedes everything, including your mothers." "Yes, Sir." "Thank you, Sir." "Even if you think the mission's FUBAR, Sir?" "Especially if you think the mission is FUBAR." "What's FUBAR?" "It's German." "I've never heard of that." "Sir, I have an opinion on this matter." "By all means, share it with the squad." "From my way of thinking, Sir this entire mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources." "Go on!" "But it seems to me, Sir, the God gave me a special gift made me a fine instrument of warfare." "Reiben, pay attention!" "This is the way to gripe." "Continue, Jackson!" "What I mean by that, Sir, if he used to put me and this sniper rifle anywhere up to and including one mile of Adolf Hitler with a clear line of sight, Sir, pack your bags fellas, war's over." " Amen!" " That's brilliant, bumpkin." "So, Captain, what about you?" "You don't gripe at all?" "I don't gripe to you, Reiben." "I'm a captain." "There's a chain of command." "Gripes go up, not down." "Always up." "You gripe to me, I gripe to my superior officer, and so on, so on." "I don't gripe to you or in front of you." "You should know that, as a ranger." "I'm sorry, Sir, but let's say you weren't a captain or maybe I was a Major." "What would you say then?" "In that case, I'd say, "This is an excellent mission, Sir..." ""... with an extremely valuable objective, Sir, worthy of my best efforts, Sir. "" ""Moreover, I feel heartfelt sorrow... "" ""... for the mother of Private James Ryan... "" ""... and am willing to lay down my life and the lives of my men... "" ""... especially you, Reiben, to ease her suffering. "" " He's good." " I love him!" " Thunder!" " Flash!" "Upham, over there." "Reiben, you four go." "Go, go, go!" " You're a sight for sore eyes." " Sergeant, it's our relief." "How many are you?" "Just eight of it." "We're not your relief." " Sorry!" "What do you mean, Sir?" " We're here for a Private Ryan." " Who?" " Ryan?" "What for?" " Is he here?" "He may be with the mixed unit on the other side of town." "It's hard to get to." "The Germans punched a hole in our center a few hours ago by cutting us right in two." "What's his name again?" "Ryan, James Ryan." "He dropped in with the 101st." " Goldman, get me a runner up here!" " Runner!" "Come on!" "Jonsey, make a hole up there!" "We got stopped by some intense rifle action from the eastward." "The Germans have been reinforcing through regiments all day." "The streets have been quiet for about 45 minutes." "Most of the German fire now is concentrated to the westward." "Who's that on the loudspeaker?" "That's Dagwood Dusseldorf, our friendly neighborhood morale officer." "The Statue of Liberty is kaputt." ""The Statue of Liberty is kaputt!"" "That's disconcerting." "Take the second left." "Your father was circumcised by my rabbi, you prick!" "Cover!" "Go!" "Sadistic fucking animals!" "Get down!" "They know we're not in direct contact." "They single out the runners." "But why they keep shooting him up like that?" "As long as his lungs have breath, he still carries the message." " We do the same thing." " No, we wouldn't!" "Wade!" "Get 'em ready to travel." "Yes, Sir!" " Boyd!" "Come on!" "Try again." "See if you can let Captain Hamill know we're coming." "What's the rest of Neuville look like?" "Angel 44!" "Next block's got two-story buildings, both sides of the street." "Has a lot of windows." "Then a wide open square with pretty good cover on the left." "Show me." "Sarge, hold right here." "Yes, Sir!" "All right, let's stay out of this enfilade." "Use the buildings." "Try a left hook." "Shoot and scoot." "Two are yours, two are mine." "Hastings, Goldman!" "Up front!" "Go!" "Reiben, Caparzo!" "Fundamentals." "Short runs, high and low at the corners." "It's gonna be tight." "Be prepared for close contact." "Go!" "Upham, you stay with Sergeant Horvath." "Hey, right here!" "I'll wear him like underwear, Captain!" "Stay with me." "All right, past the end of the block to the left." "Those are the gates to the square." "Good!" "Reiben, where's the Captain from?" "If you figure that one out, you get us a nice prize." "300 bucks, last I heard." "Company's got a pool." "Five bucks gets you in." "Easy, pal!" "Easy!" "It's around this corner." "Defilade right up to those gates." "Somebody must know where he's from, what he did for a living." "I've been with him since Kasserine Pass, and I don't have a clue." "My ankles are killing me." "I'll need a wheelchair before this war is over." "That's it." "Oh, my God!" "I have ankles like an old woman." "Like an old..." "Oh, God!" "Reiben, so you don't even know where he went to school?" "Captain didn't go to school." "They assembled him at OCS from spare body parts of dead Gl's." "You gotta pay attention to detail." "I know exactly where he's from and exactly what he did because I pay attention to detail." "Hey, Upham!" "Careful you don't step in the bullshit!" "Do it!" "Thunder!" "Thunder, or we will fire on you!" "Come on, come on!" "Upham, tell them to show themselves." "Ask if they know where the Germans are." " What's he saying?" " Something about the children." "Kids?" " They want us to take the kids." " No, no!" "We can't take the kids." "We can't take the kids." "We can't!" "They think they'll be safe with us." "It's not gonna be safe!" "Are you nuts?" "Listen to the Captain!" "They think they'll be safe with us, Sir!" "Caparzo!" "Put that kid back!" "It's okay, it's okay!" "Caparzo, put that little girl back!" "Caparzo, give that kid back now!" " How do you say, "It's okay?"" "I can't, she reminds me of my niece, Sir!" "Caparzo, get that kid back up there!" "Captain, the decent thing to do is to at least take her down the road to the next town." "We're not here to do the decent thing, we're here to follow fucking orders!" "Sarge, take this goddamn kid!" "Cover!" "Cover!" "Goddamn it, where'd that come from?" "He was on the ground before we heard the shot!" "That's where I'd be." "I didn't see it." "450 yards, Captain, maybe a shade under." "I wouldn't venture out there, fellas!" "This sniper's got talent!" "Jacqueline!" "I'll take you back to your Mama and Papa." "Please don't cry." "Come on!" "Carpy!" " Captain!" " Hold on, Caparzo." "Help me up." "I can walk, I can walk!" "Caparzo, stay still!" "Two clicks, left wind." "Fish!" "Captain, can you see him from there?" "How is he?" "Wade, you stay put!" "Where is he shot, Captain?" " Captain, can you see him from there?" " You stay there!" "Damn it, stay down!" "What's the matter with you?" "You think I'm gonna take care of you if you get hit?" "Fish, come over here!" "Carpy, put your head down." "Put your head down!" "O my God, I trust in Thee." "Let me not be ashamed." "Let not my enemies triumph over me." "Copy it, copy it and send it for me." "Carpy, you'll send it yourself." "Put it down!" " Blood..." " I see it, Carpy."