I havent played many MOH games. Just the original, and then the modern reboots (in which the first is very good) that were based off real events in the GWOT.
The only thing I remember about the first one is that you become so badass by the end of the game, when a german sees you he shouts out in surprise, "It's Jimmy Patterson!!!!" I always thought that was a kind of bad ass touch for a playstation era game.