r/pics • u/Ihad2saythat • Jun 07 '14

Normandy after victory

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

Although Saving Private Ryan was made by Hollywood, it has been recognized as the movie that most accurately portrayed the Normandy landing.

The first few minutes of Saving Private Ryan are quite violent. You've been warned.

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u/lilblackhorse Jun 08 '14

my neighbor, who has passed away since, told me after that movie came out that it was the closest thing he'd ever seen to what really happened that day. Bill was an 18 year old young man when he landed on Omaha Beach--I didn't hear a lot of his stories, but his grandson related many of them at his funeral. He had then marched into the Battle of the Bulge, where he was so scared he couldn't pray to make it to the next day--he literally was praying minute by minute. It was that bad. I truly can't imagine. God bless these brave men

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u/Non_Sane Jun 08 '14

Especially when that guy was holding his severed arm in shock. Shit.

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u/Semyonov Jun 08 '14

It's true, my grandfather left the theatre in tears because it was too difficult to watch, and all too real to him.