Saving Private Ryan Historical Accuracy

Over the years there has been a numerous amount of Hollywood films produced that were roughly based on historical settings. Sometimes the stories are accurate, but often times the stories are changed to fit the needs of entertainment and profit. In 1998, a film named Saving Private Ryan was produced in an attempt to retell the story of Sergeant Frederick Niland. However, the film is not as accurate as many assumed it to be. Personally, not knowing the true story of the film I too thought it was a lot similar to the actual events than it truly is. Saving Private Ryan is film based on the story of World War II soldiers that are on a mission to find another soldier in Europe. The soldier they are looking for is Private James Francis Ryan. Private

Sergeant Frederick “Fritz” Niland was a member of the 101st Airborne's 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. Sadly, he was one of the few from his squadron that made it into Normandy on June 6, 1944. Fritz’ three brothers served as well. Robert Niland was also a Paratrooper, Preston Niland was in an Infantry Regiment and Edward Niland was a pilot in the Army Air Force. Both Robert and Preston were killed in Normandy. Unlike the movie, Fritz was already aware that his brothers were killed and that he needed to go home. In comparison, Fritz did not want to return to America but unlike the movie he had no choice. The third brother, Edward was reported missing in the Pacific Theater after bring shot down and was pronounced dead. Later on it was found that he was taken by the Japanese and held as a prisoner of war. British forces later rescued him (Combat

He was contacted at his camp and once his paperwork cleared he was on his way back to the United States. His return to America was necessary at the time due to a new war law at the time. During the Guadalcanal Campaign, two Japanese Submarines attacked USS Juno. When the ship sunk over 600 Sailors were killed, including the Sullivan brothers. The brothers all wanted to be together during war, but after their death the United States government promised an event like that would never occur again and the Sole Survivor Rule was emplaced. The policy made sure that siblings would not be able to be killed in the same battle at the same time. In Saving Private Ryan and the true story, this occurs and the sole survivor is sent home to his