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turn have to gneve the death of all four of her boys. The sacrifices required to save this one boy their out to be great. Emotions such as anger, terror, anxiety and depressiono are stirred; men lose
lives and the hope of seeing their families and their homeland again, all so that the last boy of the
Ryan family could live. In many of these difficult times, the soldiers needed a speech to help them, to calm themo to support them so they could keep going and not grve up'

After tlre initial fight of Normandy, informed of the deaths of the three brothers and that Ryan's one is still out on the battlefield, the idea of a rescue mission is already put into thought. of high a man in action, whereabouts are unknown, some believe he has already been killed position suggests that it is futile to go after him. General Marshall knows that the search needs to it. Le made, Aut p"t. Ryan needs to return home. He pulls out a letter and begins reading
..Dear Madam,I have been shown in the files of the War Deparhnent a statement of the Adjutant the General of Massachusetts that you arc the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on

field of battle.

I feel how weak

the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation *rathay be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.

and fruitless must be any words of mine tbat woutd attempt to beguile

youfrom

you I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of yourbereavement, and leave yours havq. to be pride must that only the cherished memory of the loved, lost, and the solemn laid so costly a sacrifice rrpon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, Abrattam Lincoln"

him, He finishes only by saying "The boy's alive. We are going to send somebody to find
as he tries to and we are going to get him the hell out of t here." The pathos is obviously there

Lincoln convince the others that this rescue mission is necessary. The woman that President to wrote had lost all of her sons in the war and logically didn't want the same thing to happen

for Mrs. Ryan. president Lincoln gives a eulogy for these 5 men, praising their bravery to stand
their freedom and to sacrifioe themselves.