Captain Miller's Ranger squad

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Captain Miller's Ranger squad is the small World War II U.S. Army unit in "Saving Private Ryan" that undertakes a perilous mission behind enemy lines to locate and bring home Private James Francis Ryan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Army Ranger unit
fictional military unit
allegiance United States Army
appearsIn Saving Private Ryan
associatedWithCharacter Private James Francis Ryan
branchOfService United States Army Rangers
conflict World War II
country United States of America
engagesIn Normandy campaign
linked to: Battle of Normandy
fictionalUniverse Saving Private Ryan universe
firstAppearance film Saving Private Ryan (1998)
linked to: Saving Private Ryan
genre war film unit
includesRole interpreter
medic
rifleman
sniper
squad leader
technical sergeant
languageOfDialogue English
leader Captain John H. Miller
member Captain John H. Miller
Corporal Timothy Upham
Private Adrian Caparzo
Private Daniel Jackson
Private First Class Richard Reiben
Private Stanley Mellish
T-4 Medic Irwin Wade
Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath
mission locate and bring home Private James Francis Ryan
notableBattle assault on German machine-gun position at radar site
defense of the Ramelle bridge
notableCasualties Captain John H. Miller
Private Adrian Caparzo
Private Stanley Mellish
T-4 Medic Irwin Wade
operatesBehindEnemyLines true
originatesFromEvent D-Day landings on Omaha Beach
linked to: D-Day
portrayedAs battle-hardened
highly trained
portrayedInFilmByDirector Steven Spielberg
size small infantry squad
themeAssociation duty
sacrifice
the value of a single life
timePeriod 1944

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Private James Francis Ryan rescuedByUnit Captain Miller's Ranger squad