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** Saving Private Ryan ** media type="youtube" key="uPU4p7UQOtU" height="385" width="480" align="center"

media type="youtube" key="nqFn_pM5QxU" height="385" width="480" align="center" The sound of approaching aircraft grew louder. Every flak battery—antiaircraft artillery units about the size of a company—in the district opened fire. Momentarily frightened, Madame Levrault dashed under a tree for cover as the planes roared overhead and the German guns thundered in violent protest. In another moment, the planes passed over, the engines faded, the guns ceased firing, and the garden fell back into silence. Suddenly a strange fluttering sound followed by a thud broke the stillness. An instant later, Private Robert M. Murphy fell head over jump boots into the old woman's garden. She stood frozen in fear at the sight of the gaunt 18-year-old with war paint on his face. He raised a finger to his lips in a gesture of silence and slipped away into the night. The Longest Day  media type="youtube" key="azkz1Vlb-vM" height="385" width="480" align="center"
 * Actual D-Day Footage **

U.S. Airborne