I just know that every man I kill, the farther away from home I feel.

More from Saving Private Ryan

• First wave ineffective. We do not hold the beach, repeat, we do not hold the beach.
• He better be worth it. He better go home and cure a disease, or invent a longer-lasting lightbulb.
• Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
• Where’s the sense of risking the lives of the eight of us to rescue one guy?