1:17:03
Guerrillas, fighting the Spanish,
just like we was.
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That's where we met. On the battlefield.
1:17:12
That was our wedding bed till that day.
1:17:18
We came out of the jungle,
and there it was, San Juan Hill.
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Spanish guns looking right down our throat
and sharpshooters picking us off.
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We just charged right up that hill.
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That's not the way it happened at all.
1:17:50
It wasn't anything like it was
in San Antonio, where we did our training.
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That's where I ran into Luke...
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...and a lot of other men
from every other country...
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...that wanted to be Rough Riders.
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Bakers and barbers.
Congressmen and cattlemen.
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Ballplayers, farmers, reporters, cowboys.
1:18:19
No, we didn't rough ride up that hill...
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...'cause we didn't have any horses.
1:18:26
We didn't charge up there, either.
1:18:30
We crawled up there on our scared bellies.
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There was only one horse and one rider.
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That was Colonel Teddy.
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He went charging up that damn hill.
1:18:45
They shot his glasses off.
He put on another pair.
1:18:48
They nicked him in the elbow.
And he said, "Follow me!"
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And we did,
'cause we were too damn ashamed not to.