Top Ten War Movies - #3

Steve Spielberg directed this 1998 motion picture.

Starring Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns and Barry Pepper.

The opening scene - the 2nd Ranger Battalion's assault on the Normandy beachead - left me numb.

I saw this movie with my pop - a combat veteran of the Normandy invasion. I can count upon one hand the number of times in my life I witnessed my father shed a tear. So effective was Spielberg's portrayal of combat that dad cried during this movie.