Changes: Brigadier General Amend

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Brigadier General Amend was a secondary character in the movie Private Ryan. He was a brigadier general in the US Army during World War II. He commanded the 327th glider division and second in command of the 101st Airborne Division. He was killed when they crashed on the landing, along with twenty-two other men in their glider.

Lieutenant Dewindt said that the reason why they crashed was because of two big metal plates strapped onto the base of their plane to keep the general safe from ground fire. But this backfired as no one told Dewindt. Since he didn't know until they were getting airborne, he was basically flying a freight train. If the General had never been on that plane, the plates would have never been strapped to the plane, meaning twenty-two soldiers lives could have been spared. This caused Miller and his men to claim the mission as "F.U.B.A.R.".

The General's corpse was still in the plane after D-Day along with six other soldiers.

The deaths of several soldiers due to an attempt to protect the general paralleled what Miller and his squad were doing for Private Ryan, symbolically correlating with the men's view that it was futile since they would all die while searching for Ryan, the event foreboding their eventual encounter with Ryan.

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+{{Character infobox|image=Brigadier General.png|rank=Brigadier General|birth=1892|death=6 June, 1944|name=Amend}}
-'''Brigadier General Amend''' was a Brigadier General in the US Army during {{w|World War Two}}. He commanded the 327th Glider division, and was killed when they crashed landed during a storm, despite twenty two men trying to save him by sacrificing themselves in their glider.
+<!-- That's me Terence Johnson in the picture in an early and unforgettable part as General Amend. Make up took 2 hours each day Directed by Spielberg himself before Tom Hanks comes to look at me,  Hundreds more parts after that, I started at the top and worked my way down! -->Brigadier General Amend was a secondary character in the movie Private Ryan. He was a brigadier general in the US Army during World War II. He commanded the 327th glider division and second in command of the [[101st Airborne|101st Airborne Division]]. He was killed when they crashed on the landing, along with twenty-two other men in their glider.
-[[Lieutenant Dewindt]] said that the reason why they crashed in the storm was because of two big metal plates strapped onto the base of their plane to keep the general safe from ground fire. But this backfired as no one told Dewindt. Since he didn't know until they were getting airborne, he was basically flying a freight train. If the General had never been on that plane, the plates would have never been strapped to the plane, meaning twenty-two soldiers lives could have been spared. This caused [[John H. Miller|Miller]] and [[Miller's Men|his men]] to claim the mission as  [[Fubar|"F.U.B.A.R."]].
+[[Lieutenant Dewindt]] said that the reason why they crashed was because of two big metal plates strapped onto the base of their plane to keep the general safe from ground fire. But this backfired as no one told Dewindt. Since he didn't know until they were getting airborne, he was basically flying a freight train. If the General had never been on that plane, the plates would have never been strapped to the plane, meaning twenty-two soldiers lives could have been spared. This caused [[John H. Miller|Miller]] and [[Miller's Men|his men]] to claim the mission as  [[Fubar|"F.U.B.A.R."]].
-The General's corpse was still in the plane on D-Day along with six other soldiers.
+The General's corpse was still in the plane after D-Day along with six other soldiers.
+The deaths of several soldiers due to an attempt to protect the general paralleled what Miller and his squad were doing for [[James Francis Ryan|Private Ryan]], symbolically correlating with the men's view that it was futile since they would all die while searching for Ryan, the event foreboding their eventual encounter with Ryan.
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+[[Category:United States Army 101st Airborne Division]]