Was Colonel Raspeguy based on real-life General Bigeard?

Retired French Army, four-star general and later French Secretary of State for Defense, MARCEL BIGEARD, passed away. He was 94 years old. Bigeard was born in 1916. He served as a warrant officer in the French Army in WWII. Briefly a POW of the Germans, Bigeard escaped and joined General Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces. Demonstrating fighting ability, elan, and leadership talent, Bigeard was a major at war's end. In 1954, Bigeard led the crack 6th Colonial Parachute Battalion in Vietnam where he was captured at the pivotal battle of Dien Bien Phu. After the war, Bigeard commanded a French parachute regiment in Algieria. He managed to stabilize the situation in the capital of Algiers, where Algerian insurgents had disrupted the capital with violent attacks and bombings. Bigeard would later be credited for winning the battle of Algiers in 1957. Controversy later arose alleging interrogation torture of captured Algerian insurgents while Bigeard was in command. General Bigeard returned to France a hero and rose to the rank of four-star general. He later served as Secretary of State for Defense in the 1970s. Finally Bigeard served as legislator in France's lower house of parliament. His nickname arose from his WWII radio call sign, 'Bruno'.

It seems to me that the character of Colonel Raspeguy in the movie, LOST COMMAND, may have been loosely based upon and inspired by the real-life, Colonel Marcel Bigeard, who also achieved his ambition of the rank of general.