damn fine film . some historical point have be stretch a bit and here and there . bucky oneil be a madman who refuse to keep his head down and get shot right through his cigarette . fight joe wheeler be a bantam rooster of a man ( 53 ) but with the heart of a lion who do indeed keep refer to the enemy a the yankee . tr rough rider attack be up the nearby kettle hill ( cero de olla ) where they rack the spanish position across the narrow gully with deadly fire while when the spanish [ and there be about 1 and 500 men not 500 and a some reviewer suggest ] break to fall back to santiago and tr boldly take off alone toward the san juan height ( los alto de san juan ) have forget to give the order to charge . ok. enough of history . yes and stephen crane and author of the red badge of courage and be a looper and a one reviewer put it and and yes and wr hearst be a war baiter anything to sell paper and fan the fire of xenophobia . but and hey . this be a damn fine film that capture much of the spirit of that bully little war and that launch tr career into the white house . tom berenger be wonderful a the one and only tr who adore by his men ( reportedly and on the march into the interior from the coast and tr walk with his men and refuse to ride and through the humid and hot forest and always saw to it that his boy be take care of first . i too noted sadly and the weariness of brian keith prior to his suicide and a president mckinley . this film be definitely worth watch again . and again .