Moore joined westpoint in 1942 and graduated under the accelerated 3 year program (instead of 4) because of the war. but graduate the day before the d day anniversary. not sure if he went over seas for that one, but did sign up for westpoint in hope of the war. then plenty of combat in korea and vietnam his wiki is interesting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Moore
sam elliot played the real Plumley, another old school bad *** airborne into normandy kind of guy, lot of battles. unfortunatly he looked like he kind of tooted his own horn a bit. theres some info on him wearing excessive medals and stuff to look cooler.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley
yes sam elliot is great in everything, im a big fan, if you guys get a chance to watch "the ranch" on netflix, its hysterical, sam is the hardass rancher dad.