Saving Private Ryan Omaha Beach Scene Reaction !!

[@jasonbritt2497]

One of my grandfathers was with 2nd Rangers at Omaha beach, he was one of only 4 that survived from his platoon. My other grandfather was with the 82nd 3/505th and jumped into Normandy the night before D-day and took the town of Saint-mere-eglise Somehow both survived the war and their children would later meet and be my parents. I ended up serving with 82nd 3/505th myself when I was in the Army. In the Battalion HQ they had a huge picture the WW2 vets took the night before D-day it was crazy seeing my grandfather in that picture

[@TheZombieman87]

At that rate, the MG-42s barrels would melt. They usually fire in 2-3 second bursts and are usually changed after 150-200 rounds, I think. Also, bullets don't go that far in water, they lose too much velocity. What's nice is that those who lose arms/legs are real amputees.

[@chrishall5141]

You might like an older John Wayne movie called the longest day also. Really good classic! I'm a history teacher and my favorite two war movies are actually Patton and Sergeant York. This was a very good movie though

[@bi7630]

I believe this scene won an award for being the most accurate depiction of d day. Might have been included in the museum i think. I know the scene with the turret actually happened. Saddest scene in all if cinema for sure :/

[@iKvetch558]

LOL...that is just the spray from the waves hitting the boats...not rain. Also, not sure where you got those numbers, but they sounded a bit off, so here is a quick rundown... The US landed about 34k troops on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944...about 2000 men were killed on that day to take Omaha Beach. Overall, the Allies landed a bit over 156k troops on D-Day including all 5 landing beaches...the total number of casualties was 10,500 including the dead, wounded, captured and missing, with the total number killed being about 4400...of that 4400 number 2501 Americans were killed in the amphibious landings on D-day. Those numbers do not include the Airborne forces that came in before the landings. Saving Private Ryan is not very accurate to history, but is incredibly realistic in most every way, with a very few exceptions...such as bullets not being able to kill you that far underwater, and flamethrowers not really exploding that way in 1944. One thing to know, pay no mind at all to that man who took off his helmet on the beach and then got shot in the head...that next shot would have killed him even if he had kept his helmet on. The helmets of WW2 would almost never stop a bullet, except under very very rare circumstances. The movie is not a true story, and it differs from the actual history of D-Day in many ways...but the basic plot is loosely based on the 4 Niland Brothers, one of whom served with the 101st Airborne Division. However, when 3 Nilands were reported dead, no mission was sent behind enemy lines to get the last brother, and it turned out that one brother that had been thought dead had actually only been captured. The 4th brother was found and notified by an Army Chaplain, and was sent home, but as far as the brothers none of what happened in this movie happened in real life. There really was a Company C of the 2nd Rangers that landed on Omaha Beach, but they were commanded by Captain Ralph Goranson, and they did not land quite where it was shown in the film. Probably the most important historical thing that Spielberg got wrong is that he had the boats that carried the Rangers to the beach being driven by Americans...they were not. On D-Day, the boats that carried the US Rangers to the beach were driven by UK sailors of the Royal Navy. There are many other things in the film that are not accurate to the real history of D-Day, but that one really fails to honor some of the men that fought and died at Omaha Beach, so it is definitely the one most worth noting. Saving Private Ryan takes place during the Invasion of Normandy, but Spielberg does not let himself be tightly constrained by historical events. There is a difference between realism and historical accuracy...and while that opening scene is very realistic...with a few exceptions...it is not nearly as accurate as many people think. The beach is wrong, the obstacles are wrong, the Vierville draw is wrong, the bunkers are wrong, the boats are wrong as well as the people operating them...and on and on. I get it that some of those things were beyond Spielberg's control, and the movie is amazing and terrific in many many other ways, but we should be clear that many of the things depicted never happened or never would have happened.

[@santosereyna3043]

It just gos to show that freedom isn't free

[@julesjones2442]

Excellent movie but the Black Troops were omitted from this production and many people don’t know their stories

[@SoloArt8250]

I thought you only did music stuff…

[@NLTwon]

No I’ve been doing movies for years lol

[@jonathanpatterson4558]

@@NLTwon I love when you do movie reaction too💙.

[@ilikeknives1000]

and that was all just a distraction ...

[@winestu5322]

A distraction for what?

[@danUnited26]

Err, no, it wasn't. Omaha was vital for the whole invasion to be a success. We ALL owe our freedoms and liberties (including your free speech to write that nonsense) in some part to the fallen Americans given that assignment.