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Update December 9, 2014
I was sent a link for this site
http://www.historynet.com/farewell-to-csm-basil-plumley.htm
written by Joseph Galloway who co-wrote We Were
Soldiers Once... His obituary was nice
but wrong. He has Mr. Plumley Jumping 4 times
in WWII in the 82nd Abn Div and that is far from the
truth. It is a insult to Mr. Plumley himself
as he wasn't big on having lies told using his name.
This of course brings into questions about the
entire book as well. How much of the book is
researched and how much is written with an eye to
making money off of the stores?
There is nothing wrong with
money (maybe for example some of the 506th men in
the Mini-Series should have gotten a little more
since Spielberg and Hanks made millions of it
themselves).
I spoke with Wikipedia again
about this and they don't have a clue. Here is
my response;
"Thanks for trying but a large percentage of that
page is false. You can't say some sources say X
while others say Y. I have a thing called facts from
documentation and whoever did this has none.
So if someone says President Kennedy wasn't
killed in 1963 but lives in Brazil then that person
has the same say as the actual facts.
This is why Wikipedia will never truly be taken
seriously. It is a good starting point but this page
is a perfect example that a majority of what was
written here is pure fantasy. This was written by
the person who wrote the book of the Vietnam battle
that had Plumley in the book. The writer has a
vested interest to not be exposed as at the very
least a writer of fiction not fact".
June 2014 Original Post
This is a perfect example how Wikipedia is only a
starting point. Basil Plumley was in WWII but was
never in the 505th Prcht Inf and did not
jump until after WWII.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_L._Plumley
Not only did I interview Mr.
Plumley I also have the Morning Reports showing him
as a member of the 320th Gli FA Bn
(Glider Field Artillery Battalion) during WWII.
In the interview with Mr.
Plumley he laughed when I mentioned about the 2002
movie that had him in there being played by Sam
Elliott. Plumley said that Hollywood loves
to play up “facts” that aren’t facts at all.
He came in by Glider two times
and once by Landing Craft in WWII.
Whoever is posting this at
Wikipedia is wrong and refuses to remove the wrong
information. They hide behind a user name,
knowing that they can't be identified. I never
trust someone who hides behind a User ID moniker.
Please remember that Wikipedia
is only a starting point, not the end of someone’s
research. I tried to let Wikipedia know about this
error but they responded by email basically saying
everyone gets their two cents.
Brian Siddal1
June 26, 2014/December 9, 2014
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