No—I don’t think you were dis-respecting Mr. Russell. Perhaps a mis-memory on your end—happens all the time with me. And to be frank, I just looked him up on wiki..
But the movie itself I think was an honest portrayal of returning vets and how to fit back into society. How can you go back to being a soda jerk when you were an officer and bombardier.
Pilots were the “Rock Stars” of the military.