Changes: Irwin Wade

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Technician 4th Grade Irwin Wade was a supporting character in Saving Private Ryan. He was a medic and one of the Rangers from 2nd Battalion, Charlie Company, chosen by Captain Miller to retrieve Private Ryan, behind enemy lines.

Biography

Before the War

When Wade was a boy, he lived with his mother. His mother worked long hours being a secretary so he rarely saw her. He would try to stay awake at night as a child so they could tell each other about their days but could rarely keep himself awake.

One night, his mother managed to come home early, which he knew she did to find out about his day. He pretended to be asleep when she arrived, resulting in the two not talking that night. He later regretted it, failing to understand why he had done that.

His mother died sometime before he was sent to war.

World War Two

He was first seen on the beach at Dog Green sector trying to save a Ranger shot in the neck, and got extremely mad when the wounded man was shot in the head, killing him despite stopping the bleeding. He later assisted in healing wounded men on the beach with a Medical Officer, despite looking extremely distraught.

Sr-med-02-large — Wade and others work to save a man's life.

While in Neuville, he attempted in vain to save Carparzo after he was fatally shot by a sniper.

While Miller's men were in a church, Wade talked about his mother and her job and how he had pretended to be asleep when she had come home early. Recounting the event brung him to tears.

While at a rally point looking for Ryan, Wade assists in healing soldiers wounds, one being a very bad leg wound. Not long before he finishs, he sees his fellow squad mates, and gets extremely angry at his fellow soldiers, when they start looking through a bag of dog tags and insult the names of the 101st Airborne's dead while a company walk by watching in disgust. He makes them put the tags back in the bag, something that reminds Miller why they are there.

He later watches as Miller's hand shakes and shows a sign or worry, along with the other soldiers.

Death and Burial

The men later came across a small radio station with a machine gun emplacement with a squad of Germans not too far from them. He and the others attacked the squad using grenades. While trying to get closer, he was fatally wounded by a machine gun nest after Captain Miller orders them to neutralise it. He had been shot three times in the chest by an MG-42.

WadesDeath — Wade's comrades try in vain to save his life.

His friends tried to clear the blood and stem the bleeding but to no avail. Wade managed to evaluate his wounds and realised that there was no saving him. He requested his friends to overdose him on morphine, to which Miller agreed despite the others being hesitant. As he was dying, he started hallucinating and saw his mother, which possibly signified that he was heading towards the theoretical light one sees upon dying. As his friends comforted him, he died in their arms.

His death had a profound impact on his comrades who almost ended up killing each other after Miller refused to kill the soldier who had shot Wade. He was buried along with soldiers from the 82nd division near the station.

Gallery

Trivia

Wade's death is considered to be one of the most visceral scenes of the movie, only surpassed by Captain Miller's death.

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 {{Character infobox|
-|name          = Medic Irwin Wade
+|name          = Technician 4th Grade Irwin Wade
-|image         = [[File:ribisi.jpg|220px]]
+|image         = [[File:Wade2.jpg|thumb]]
 |caption       =
 |aka           = "Doc" by most of Miller's men
-|rank          = Private
+|rank          = Technician 4th Grade
 |affiliations  = United States Army 2nd Rangers Battalion, Company C
 |birth         = Approx. 1920 (based on actor's age)
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 |weapon        = None
 }}
+'''Technician 4th Grade Irwin Wade''' was a supporting character in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''. He was a medic and one of the Rangers from 2nd Battalion, Charlie Company, chosen by [[Captain John H. Miller|Captain Miller]] to retrieve [[Private James Ryan|Private Ryan]], behind enemy lines.
+==Biography==
+===Before the War===
+When Wade was a boy, he lived with his mother. His mother worked long hours being a secretary so he rarely saw her. He would try to stay awake at night as a child so they could tell each other about their days but could rarely keep himself awake.
+One night, his mother managed to come home early, which he knew she did to find out about his day. He pretended to be asleep when she arrived, resulting in the two not talking that night. He later regretted it, failing to understand why he had done that.
-'''Technician 4th Grade Medic Irwin Wade''' was one of the Rangers from 2nd Battalion, Charlie Company, chosen by [[Captain John H. Miller|Captain Miller]] to retrieve [[Private James Ryan|Private Ryan]], behind enemy lines.
+His mother died sometime before he was sent to war.
-==Before the War==
+===World War Two===
-When Wade was a boy, he lived with his mother. His mother worked long hours being a secretary so he rarely saw her. He would try to stay awake at night as a child so they could tell each other about their days but could rarely keep himself awake.
+He was first seen on the[[Omaha Beach| beach]] at Dog Green sector trying to save [[Deforest|a Ranger]] shot in the neck, and got extremely mad when the wounded man was shot in the head, killing him despite stopping the bleeding. He later assisted in healing wounded men on the beach with a [[Medical Officer]], despite looking extremely distraught.
-One night, his mother managed to come home early, which he knew she did to find out about his day. He pretended to be asleep when she arrived, resulting in the two not talking that night.
+[[File:Sr-med-02-large.jpg|thumb|Wade and others work to save a man's life.]]
-His mother died sometime before the war.
+While in Neuville, he attempted in vain to save [[Private Adrian Caparzo|Carparzo]] after he was fatally shot by a [[German sniper|sniper]].
-He later regrets it later in life, failing to understand why he had done that.
+While [[Miller's Men|Miller's men]] were in a church, Wade talked about his mother and her job and how he had pretended to be asleep when she had come home early. Recounting the event brung him to tears.
-==World War Two==
+While at a rally point looking for Ryan, Wade assists in healing soldiers wounds, one being a very bad leg wound. Not long before he finishs, he sees his fellow squad mates, and gets extremely angry at his fellow soldiers, when they start looking through a bag of [[Dog Tags|dog tags]] and insult the names of the 101st Airborne's dead while a company walk by watching in disgust. He makes them put the tags back in the bag, something that reminds Miller why they are there.
-He was first seen on the[[Omaha Beach| beach]] at Dog Green sector trying to save [[Deforest|a Ranger]] shot in the neck, and got extremely mad when the wounded man was shot in the head, killing him despite stopping the bleeding. He later assisted in healing wounded men on the beach despite looking extremely distraught.
+He later watches as Miller's hand shakes and shows a sign or worry, along with the other soldiers.
-While in Neuville, he attempted in vain to save [[Private Adrian Caparzo|Carparzo]] after he was shot by a [[German sniper|sniper]].
+===Death and Burial===
+The men later came across a small radio station with a machine gun emplacement with a squad of Germans not too far from them. He and the others attacked the squad using grenades. While trying to get closer, he was fatally wounded by a machine gun nest after Captain Miller orders them to neutralise it. He had been shot three times in the chest by an MG-42.
-While [[Miller's Men|Miller's men]] were in a church, Wade talked about his mother and her job and how he had pretended to be asleep when she had come home early. Recounting the event brings him to tears.
+[[File:WadesDeath.jpg|thumb|left|Wade's comrades try in vain to save his life.]]
-While at a rally point looking for Ryan, Wade gets extremely angry at his fellow soldiers when they start looking through a bag of [[Dog Tags|dog tags]] and insult the names of the 101st Airborne's dead while a company walk by watching in disgust. He makes them put the tags back in the bag. He later watches as Miller's hand shakes and shows a sign or worry.
-==Death and Burial==
-The men later came across a small radio station with a machine gun emplacement with a squad of Germans not too far from them. He and the others attacked the squad using grenades. While trying to get closer, he was fatally wounded by a machine gun nest after Captain Miller orders them to neutralise it. He had been shot three times in the chest by an MG-42.
 His friends tried to clear the blood and stem the bleeding but to no avail. Wade managed to evaluate his wounds and realised that there was no saving him. He requested his friends to overdose him on morphine, to which Miller agreed despite the others being hesitant. As he was dying, he started hallucinating and saw his mother, which possibly signified that he was heading towards the theoretical light one sees upon dying. As his friends comforted him, he died in their arms.
-His death had a profound affect on his comrades who almost ended killing each other and Miller refused to kill the [[Steamboat Willie|soldier]] who had shot Wade. His was buried along with soldiers from the 82nd division near the station.
+His death had a profound impact on his comrades who almost ended up killing each other after Miller refused to kill the [[Steamboat Willie|soldier]] who had shot Wade. He was buried along with soldiers from the 82nd division near the station.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+File:ribisi.jpg|A close up of Wade's face
+File:Gripe.jpg|Wade with Miller and Reiben when discussing why soldiers gripe to their superiors.
+</gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+*Wade's death is considered to be one of the most visceral scenes of the movie, only surpassed by Captain Miller's death.
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Irwin}}
-*It is considered to be one of the most visceral scenes of the movie, next to when Cpt. Miller dies.
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+[[Category:Death by shooting]]