World War II United States Army Soldier. One of four brothers from Tonawanda, New York who served in the United States Army during World War II, their true story was the loose basis for the acclaimed 1998 motion picture "Saving Private Ryan" by director Steven Spielberg. Technical Sergeant Bob Niland, D Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, was killed in action during the Allied Forces D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. It was believed later that two other of the siblings had been casualties, so the fourth sibling, Sergeant Frederick "Fritz" Niland of the 501st Parachute Infantry regiment, was sent home to the United States to avoid further loss to the family. Their brother, Second Lieutenant Preston Niland of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, was killed near Utah Beach at Normandy, France on June 7, 1944. Technical Sergeant Bob Niland and Lieutenant Preston Niland lie side-by-side in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial near Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
World War II United States Army Soldier. One of four brothers from Tonawanda, New York who served in the United States Army during World War II, their true story was the loose basis for the acclaimed 1998 motion picture "Saving Private Ryan" by director Steven Spielberg. Technical Sergeant Bob Niland, D Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, was killed in action during the Allied Forces D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. It was believed later that two other of the siblings had been casualties, so the fourth sibling, Sergeant Frederick "Fritz" Niland of the 501st Parachute Infantry regiment, was sent home to the United States to avoid further loss to the family. Their brother, Second Lieutenant Preston Niland of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, was killed near Utah Beach at Normandy, France on June 7, 1944. Technical Sergeant Bob Niland and Lieutenant Preston Niland lie side-by-side in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial near Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
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