Talk:Capt. John H. Miller

Miller's age
The actor would have been 42 at the time of the movie and while actors can play down in age in WWII it wasn't uncommon for older men especially those with college educations to enlist or be drafted. A lot of men who were in the military in the interwar years and were approaching middle age were drafted or volunteered. My grandfather was born in 1911 enlisted out of high school, served a few years between WWI and WWII and was drafted in his early 30's for WWII because of his prior experience. There is also a case that could be made that these were reservists that were called up to active duty. There are several "older" actors in the movie (30+) that could have fallen into this- Paul Giamatti, Tom Sizemore, Ted Danson, Dennis Farina, that could have been in such a group. You see the trend in other movies- Sean Penn, George Clooney, "Thin Red Line" Brad Pitt in "Fury".