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The opening scene of Steven Spielbergs Saving Private Ryan finds us in an American military Cemetery in present-day Normandy, France. An older Ryan, accompanied by his family, searches for one particular grave -- Captain John Miller. ... Three brothers of the Ryan family have been killed almost at the same time. A fourth brother, James Francis Ryan, is somewhere in Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division. ... Miller and a small patrol of his Rangers are ordered inland from the beach to the drop area of the 101st to find Ryan. ...
When they reach a shelled out French village they encounter their first unit of the 101st -- and they find a Ryan, but the wrong one. ... As the medic, Doc Wade, treats the wounded, the troops search among the dog tags of the fallen for evidence of Ryan. Finally, Miller finds a paratrooper who knows where Ryan is -- defending a vital bridge. ...
At last, after taking out a German half-track, they find the right Ryan.
Approximate Word count = 798
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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