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The Niland brothers, which inspired the movie Saving Private Ryan, were 4 brothers fighting in WWII but one was sent home after the other 3 were presumed dead. Where does this practice of sending a last remaining sibling home from from come from?

by /u/TueuEnSerie in /r/AskHistorians

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