I saw that. I have to watch it again.
The soldiers say that “...Private Ryan” is the most realistic portrayal.
Also incredibly hard to watch the first 20 minutes.
The technology to film a scene like that didnt exist when The Longest Day was made and it would have been too graphic for that time too.
I shall watch it again though as it’s been a long time.
“The soldiers say that “...Private Ryan” is the most realistic portrayal.”
Even allowing for it being a movie, for me the series “Band of Brothers” was an accurate portrayal of infantry life.
Long ago read a a review of “Private Ryan”. Review mentioned a closing line by the Capt. Miller character to Private Ryan; “earn this”.
I carried a description of that and follow-on scenes in my brief case for a good many years before I could watch the film. Probably still have it.
It’s a burden trying to “earn this” with no definitive answer of having done so. Fifty years on the question remains.
Semper Fi!