This is Sergeant Fritz Niland of H Company, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
He dropped into Normandy the night before D-Day.
What famous film character was based on him?
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Private Ryan from Saving Private Ryan
That’s right.
He was the youngest, just like in the film, he lost two brothers in Normandy just like in the film, he wanted to stay with his unit just like in the film, but his brother in the Pacific turned up alive after the war.
I guess Saving Sergeant Niland didn’t quite have the same ring to it.