Saving Private Ryan, 1998 Hanks plays an army captain who leads his troops on a search for a soldier in northern France in the days after the D-Day landings.

Tom Hanks: America's Chronicler-in-Chief

The new mini-series, The Pacific, is the latest in a string of productions from the actor and producer illuminating America's past.

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