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Gen. George C. Marshall:My dear Mrs Ryan: It's with the most profound sense of joy that I write to inform you your son, Private James Ryan, is well and, at this very moment, on his way home from European battlefields. Reports from the front indicate James did his duty in combat with great courage and steadfast dedication, even after he was informed of the tragic loss your family has suffered in this great campaign to rid the world of tyranny and oppresion. I take great pleasure in joining the Secretary of War, the men and women of the U.S. Army, and the citizens of a grateful nation in wishing you good health and many years of happiness with James at your side. Nothing, not even the safe return of a beloved son, can compensate you, or the thousands of other American families, who have suffered great loss in this tragic war. I might share with you some words which have sustained me through long, dark nights of peril, loss, and heartache. And I quote: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom." -Abraham Lincoln. Yours very sincerely and respectfully, George C. Marshall, General, Chief of Staff
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My dear Mrs Ryan
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it's with a profound sense of joy
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that l write to inform you your son Private James Ryan
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is well and at this very moment
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on his way home from European battlefields
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Reports from the front indicate James did his duty in combat
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with great courage and steadfast dedication
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even after informed of the tragic loss
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your family has suffered in this great campaign
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to rid the world of tyranny and oppression
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l take great pleasure in joining the Secretary of War
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the United States Army
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and the citizens of a grateful nation
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in wishing you good health and many years of happiness
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with James at your side
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Nothing not even the safe return of a beloved son
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can compensate you or the thousands of other families
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who have suffered great loss in this tragic war
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l share with you some words which sustained me
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through long dark nights of peril loss and heartache
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And l quote
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''l pray that our heavenly father
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''may assuage the anguish of your bereavement
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''and leave you only the cherished memory
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''of the loved and lost
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''and the solemn pride that must be yours
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''to have laid so costly a sacrifice
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''upon the alter of freedom
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''Abraham Lincoln ''
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Yours very sincerely and respectfully
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George C Marshall General Chief of Staff
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Movie Summary
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
