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  2. Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Grave markers at the cemetery. The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel.It covers 172.5 acres, and contains the remains of 9,388 American military dead, most of whom were killed during the invasion of Normandy and ensuing military operations in World War II.

  3. Saving Private Ryan - Wikipedia

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    Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (), on a mission to locate Private James Francis Ryan and bring him home safely after his three brothers have been killed in action.

  4. Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 6, 2024 - Wikipedia

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    Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat.Set in 1944 in France during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller (), on their mission to locate Private James Francis Ryan (), who is to be brought home after his three brothers are killed in action.

  5. Thomas D. Howie - Wikipedia

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    In 1969 as part of the 25th Anniversary of D-Day the town of St. Lo dedicated a large memorial to Howie and a plaque is on the cathedral at the site where his body had laid. The character of Captain John Miller in the movie Saving Private Ryan was largely based on Major Howie [8] In 2003 he was enshrined in the South Carolina Hall of Fame. [9]

  6. 29th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The division's actions on Omaha Beach are featured prominently in the 1962 film The Longest Day, [64] as well as in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] Soldiers of the division are featured in other films and television with smaller roles, such as in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds and the 2005 film War of the Worlds .

  7. 'Saving Private Ryan' actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61 - AOL

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    Saving Private Ryan (CBS via Getty Images) The veteran actor is best known for playing Sgt. Mike Horvath in “Saving Private Ryan,” which came out in 1998 and won five Academy Awards.

  8. Niland brothers - Wikipedia

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    Private James Ryan in the film Saving Private Ryan is loosely based on him. [5] Fritz married Marilyn Hartnett Batt and they had two daughters, Catherine (Cate) and Mary. [citation needed] Fritz died in 1983 in San Francisco at the age of 63. [2]

  9. Curracloe - Wikipedia

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    Curracloe (Irish: Currach Cló, meaning 'marsh of the impression' [1]) is a village in County Wexford, Ireland.Around 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Wexford town, it is on the R742 road at the junction with the R743 road.