American Radioman

The American Radioman was a minor character in Saving Private Ryan. He was a sailor on detached duty with a USN shore party. His primary objective would have been to act as a forward observer to direct naval artillery fire in support of the landings. He took part in the invasion of Omaha Beach on D-Day during.

He fought his way up the beach along with the rest of his comrades. He made it to the barbed wire at the end of the beach and set up a radio position, simply him just with his radio lying down in the dirt. There, he would hear what the officers saw about the operation and would relay the state of the battle to the ships just off shore.

He was killed by a mortar shell caving in his face shortly while relaying Captain Miller updates of no DD tanks making it ashore and Dog One was not open. His radio was also destroyed, foiling Miller's attempt to use it to relay the message himself.