What was causing Captain Millers hand to shake?
A reaction to the stress of combat undoubtedly. His character had been in combat for two years, as revealed by the discussions between him and Sergeant Horvath. He’d seen combat in such places as Kasserine Pass in North Africa and Anzio in Italy. As an infantry officer, Miller has beaten the odds so far just by still being alive. The First Ranger Battalion had been decimated in Anzio and removed from the U.S. Army’s order of battle. In other words, Captain Miller has been under intense pressure for two years. He also suffers intensely from the deaths of each one of his men and he has lost many. Q: Early in the film, Captain Miller reports to Lt. Col Anderson (Dennis Farina), his battalion commander, and gets his assignment to “Save Private Ryan.” (In reality, the 2nd Ranger C.O. was Lt. Col Rudder.) Miller first briefs Anderson on what he’s been doing and points to an area on the map where he took out German towed 88MM artillery. But later in the film, when the squad is debating whethe
