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Friday, 20 June 2014

Before 'Saving Private Ryan,' Pvt. Smith was saved

In this May 7, 2014 photo, Amanda Nelson, the granddaughter of World War I Pvt. Wilfred Smith shows family photographs during an interview at her home in Barnard Castle, England. Nelson said that she made a special point of seeing the Steven Spielberg film "Saving Private Ryan". The 1998 Oscar-winning film which depicts the fictional account of a WWII rescue mission for a single American soldier whose brothers have been killed in fighting. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) BARNARD CASTLE, England (AP) — Carved into the simple obelisk commemorating the fallen are the names of five sons of Margaret and John McDowell Smith. There's a story behind the name that isn't there — a sixth brother, Wilfred — and a century after World War I a local historian has dug out the details from archives.








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