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25 years ago, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ presented a rare portrait of a Jewish soldier in film
(JTA) — According to the Jewish Virtual Library, 550,000 Jews served in the United States armed forces during World War II. There were 38,338 Jewish casualties, while 26,000 Jewish soldiers ...
‘Saving Private Ryan’ didn’t make the Army’s list of most accurate movie portrayals
An Army historian felt that while the D-Day landing scenes were realistic, the rest of the film was a “typical World War II movie.” ...