Male Teacher + Soldier + Killing Nazis w/ Sticky Bombs = Awesome.

As tomorrow is Memorial Day, I can't help but recall the old saying:

"If you like Freedom, thank a Veteran; if you can read this, thank a Teacher."

True on both counts. So who's the fictional character that embodies both heroic archetypes? Why Capt. John H. Miller portrayed by Tom Hanks in the film Saving Private Ryan, of course:



And does he stop being a teacher and a caregiver just because he's stuck in Nazi-occupied France during WWII? No, because he's bad-ass, that's why. Check out this clip as he walks Private Ryan through the process of recalling distant memories using "context clues." But be warned - skip to around 3:01 minutes in, unless you want to hear commentary on Edith Piaf and massive mammaries:

Saving Private Ryan: Edith Piaf

God Bless America.