No, they get Alec Baldwin to star in it…
Scalping I believe.
Making the line even better was the fact it was delivered in Sam Elliot's voice.
I believe that was "1883".?
We were soldiers
“I’ll be the first one to step foot on the battlefield, and the last one to step off.”
I was close. They were both on TV,,,,,,
No one would know better than you…
Custer was a hero!
Says the guy hero worshipping a known loser....
BuzzH - Before you cast stones, I suggest you do some extensive reading on Custer. Most think he was a glory hound, stupid and as you put it...a loser. He was anything but any of those. He marks a place in our history and did many great things before his demise. Do you realize that he saved the Union at Gettysburg? Most think the battle was over with Pickett's charge, but the Confederate forces were also swinging around the "fishhook"of the Union lines and even though Pickett's charge failed, the Union lines were on the verge of being enveloped. Except Custer, with a lesser force, charged Stuart' Cavalry and drove them back. During that engagement Custer had 11 horses shot out from under him. Although he made a tactical error was unsupported and later crucified by his fellow comrades, Custer was following the mission and was following a tactic that had worked many times before. The Sioux and Cheyenne had always surrendered when the women and children were captured. Custer was trying to pin the warriors down with Reno's column and swing to the North of the camp to catch the fleeing women/children to bring the tribes to heel and escort them to the Reservations. Custer's mistake was a lack of accurate intelligence of the exact size of the opposing force, splitting his command ( I believe if he had split in two, he may have been okay, but three? Too few forces in each column) and a undercutting and unreliable subordinate command. Reno should have never led the initial and southern attack column. He was incompetent and a drunk. Benteen was a jealous and backstabbing antagonist that had he been my subordinate, I would have court-martialed or transferred him away to a pop-sicle stand in Nome AK. You also have to emmerse yourself in the time frame to really know the who, what, why and where of this moment in history.
