Gads, I didn’t realize that Audie Murphy and General Wheeler were so short. Audie Murphy looked short, but I didn’t know HOW short. No wonder the Germans couldn’t zero in on him and shoot him. He was a mere speck in the distance.
Thank you about that information on the movie "Cold Mountain" and why Romanians were used. I found that interesting. And yes, the Romanians don’t have good dental care as well as other folks in that area of the world.
They were little - short, and small-framed, and strong without being bulky. Made me feel enormous, and I'm 5'4", under 120 lbs. (between babies).
It's a trial for historical costumers, because uniforms of say, the WWI era, have to be cut very differently from the originals if today's actors or reenactors are going to wear them. You can't just make the old patterns bigger, because the shoulders will be too tight, sleeves too narrow, etc. People are not only bigger than a few generations ago, but shaped differently.
A speck with a Garand that knew how to use it. Probably the first, and many time the last, they saw of him, if they saw anything, was the muzzle flash of that Garand.