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Collins, Max Allan
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
New York : Signet, 1998
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ISBN 0451197275
This novel starts out on the beaches of Normandy on June 3, 1944.  Captain John Miller and his squad of young soldiers are sent on a mission to find one paratrooper lost in action.  The paratrooper has already lost three brothers in the war.  While Captain John Miller and his squad of young soldiers are trying to find Private Ryan, Russian soldiers are throwing grenades, shooting their guns trying to get Captain Miller and his squad of young soldiers out of Russian territory.  Will Captain Miller and his squad of young soldiers survive?  Will Private Ryan be reunited with his family?  To find out more about this exciting and thrilling novel, read SAVING PRIVATE RYAN by Max Allan Collins.  (Glen B., 8th grade student, Rundlett Middle School, Concord, New Hampshire)
SUBJECTS:     World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction

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