Sole Survivor: The Story of An American Family - Saving Private Ryan (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

I don’t know how many of you use Twitter but today the 82nd Airborne Division posted the story of the four Niland Brothers that served as the inspiration for Saving Private Ryan.

Below is a link. You don’t have to belong to Twitter to use it.

https://twitter.com/82ndabndiv/status/1010220905266630656?s=21

 

[Rudi Starnberg]

Thanks for posting, (interesting also to note the draft was instituted in 1940 ...wise planning...)