Saving Private Ryan Lied To You!
Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" did not include one African American soldier in its 20-minute opening scene recreating the D-Day invasion,
or in any other scene in the film. Black soldiers were on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.
Approximately 2,000 Black soldiers landed on D-Day as part of port battalions, ordnance companies, and combat support units.
Waverly Woodson, wounded himself, saved the lives of perhaps 300 soldiers during the Omaha Beach landing.
The most celebrated depiction of D-Day in cinema history had no Black soldiers in it — despite the
fact that Black soldiers bled in the same sand. Hollywood told one story about that beach. The beach held another one.
The sand remembered everyone. The movie remembered some.
or in any other scene in the film. Black soldiers were on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944.
Approximately 2,000 Black soldiers landed on D-Day as part of port battalions, ordnance companies, and combat support units.
Waverly Woodson, wounded himself, saved the lives of perhaps 300 soldiers during the Omaha Beach landing.
The most celebrated depiction of D-Day in cinema history had no Black soldiers in it — despite the
fact that Black soldiers bled in the same sand. Hollywood told one story about that beach. The beach held another one.
The sand remembered everyone. The movie remembered some.
