Interesting discussion. I laid in a slew of TAG's Marines some... lordy, ten years ago or so. It may sound odd, considering it's the middle of the desert, but this is a Marine town even more than an Army one. Pete sent me a set of TAG's Iwo Jima flag party diorama when it was released, and I painted it for display in the base HQ building here.
Our Masonic lodge had a good many fellows--Navy and Marine--who went ashore in the Pacific landings. When I showed the TAG figures around, they opined that those captured the look and feel of their own experiences very well. (That's why I recommended them to you, Helen...)
I don't have much use for cartoonish 28mm WWII figures (no names). I'd be embarrassed to show some of those to the vets. I've never seen Brigade's in hand, though; may have to give them a try someday.
Allen