Seasoned senior NCO’s..some WW2 vets..guided my young candy ass very nicely. They were richly rewarded!
In a small way, there were similarities to Easy Company in Band of Brothers. Our CO couldn't read a map to save his life, and my friend was excellent as XO, he always knew the right thing to do. He bore similarities reminiscent of Dick Winters. I was basically a good platoon leader who knew what to do during evaluations.
The CO would have had a successful command had he just stayed out of our way.