Characetr Descriptions for Capt John H Miller And Col Upham Captain John. H. Miller The character of John. H. Miller is played superbly by Tom Hanks. The character is portrayed in the film Saving Private Ryan as a veteran of war, a strong mental and physical soldier with an abundance of leadership capability and a stoic enigma to his men, but it a also seems that the years of fierce and harsh war have had …showed first 75 words of 392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 392 total…the ammo and the scene where a German soldier murders a member of Upham’s company, and Upham, frozen with fear lets the German soldier escape right by him, when he could’ve avenged the American soldiers death. All the above-mentioned on Upham add to the theme of comradory, and this is emphasised by the fact that even though Upham is on their team, he is not a soldier and therefore, not one of them!