The Last of the Brothers

During the Second World War A decision was made If brothers were to be lost The last would be saved The story below Is the truth in a way For the search of a soldier Before he becomes, theatre pray The US Government declared A mission is in plan Sending a squad of Rangers To save this solitary man Capt. John H Miller With his handful of men Their dedication to search For the last of them For his brothers were lost In the theatre of war At Omaha and Utah In the Pacific, so far Into Europe they head From cities through towns Looking for Ryan Before he's gunned down He is eventually found With Paratroopers, holding onto a key bridge As a Panzer group advances Will this be their last ridge Bullets zipped, pinging Ricocheting The flesh of the living In screaming sing Their mission was, to Save Private Ryan But Capt. John H Miller With others, died trying My entry into Frank Herrera's contest " Describe your favorite performance by Actor or Actress in a movie " http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/poetry-soup-7.php Tom Hanks is my favourite actor, and his role as Capt, John H Miller to me was one of his best, his hunger to complete his mission showed in his acting. The film was based on a true story, about Fritz Niland who lost two brothers in Normandy, and a brother M.I.A. in Burma. He was later found alive. But the military rule about sole surviving son's being allowed out of combat is true. It was enacted after the five Sullivan brothers were killed in 1942 when the U.S.S. Juneau was sunk in the Pacific. The rule of the surviving son is common to many armies, the American, the Canadian, the British and the Israeli.