Is 'Saving Private Ryan' based on a true story? All about Tom Hanks and Matt Damon starrer

Released in 1998, Saving Private Ryan is an America war epic directed by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. plot of movie revolves around Invasion of Normandy in World War II. It stars Tom Hanks as Captain John H. Miller, Edward Burns as Private First Class Richard Reiben and Matt Damon as Private First Class James Francis Ryan.  film received critical acclaim for its realistic portrayal of war. It marked first time that Spielberg and Hanks collaborated. It also earned 11 Acemy Award nominations out of which it won five awards. Considering way it was filmed and performed, is Saving Private Ryan based on a true story? Find out here. 

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Is Saving Private Ryan based on a true story?

story of Saving Private Ryan is overall fiction, however, film draws inspiration from story of an actual soldier named Fritz Niland and a U.S. war department directive called sole-survivor directive. movie's plot mainly focuses on Captain John H. Miller, played by Tom Hanks, who les a platoon of GI during D-day Normandy invasion, during end of WWII. U.S. directive which is referred to as "Only son" or "Sole-surviving son" policy, was mainly designed to protect lone remaining family member serving in military duty. This is what prompted rescue of Sargent Frederick “Fritz” Niland in 1944, who was one of four brors who served in U.S. military during WWII. 

Niland family h its four sons serving in military, however, tragedy came when three brors stationed in England, awaiting invasion of Europe, were reported to be shot during different events. In May 1944, Michael and Augusta Niland's son Edward was shot down over Burma and was reported to be missing, while ir or son, Robert passed away on D-Day, along with Preston who succumbed during same time near Omaha Beach. 

According to U.S. directive of Sole-surviving son policy, army was determined to spare loss of ir last-child, aka Frederick "Fritz" Niland. Thus, Fr Francis Sampson found Fritz and submitted paperwork to send him home. Fritz was eventually shipped back to England and he eventually served U.S. as an MP for rest of war period. After a while, ir son Edward who was reported to be missing and de also returned, after surviving Burmese POW camp, and was sent home. 

movie Saving Private Ryan fictionalises many parts of story and focuses on U.S. directive of sole-survivor policy which simply means that when a family experiences loss of its sons in war, n lone member does not have to serve military. 

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Saving Private Ryan story is about a group of U.S. soldiers who go behind enemy lines with mission of retrieving a paratrooper. This movie has been given 8.6 out of 10 ratings on IMDb. film was directed by Steven Spielberg, who is one of most celebrated directors of Hollywood. film, Saving Private Ryan is often dressed as one of best war films of all time. This Steven Spielberg bagged  Acemy Award for  Best Director in year 1999.

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