Question: What do the soldiers have in their mouths during combat? Shortly after Miller's team disables the machine gun nest at Omaha Beach you can see Tom Sizemore take something out his mouth and drop it and later when Edith Piaf's song is playing he takes something out of a bag and puts it into his mouth again.
Thomas Norris
16th Jan 2014
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Answer: They're chewing gum, or maybe tobacco.
Answer: Chewing tobacco without a doubt.
Answer: During landing scene he puts chewing tobacco in his mouth... later we see him take it out and then still later he takes more from the same pouch.