:02:04
Most of you have had
your feet wet before:
:02:07
Dunkirk, Dieppe, Norway.
:02:10
And we know what it means
to be driven into the sea.
:02:14
In a few hours
we're going back from the sea.
:02:18
And this time we're going to stay.
:02:21
There's no time
for any sob stuff about...
:02:23
...England, home and beauty.
:02:27
Remember, our people have had a
rough time for four and a half years.
:02:33
They've earned the final victory.
:02:37
Let's give it to them.
:02:40
And to our French comrades in arms,
I say:
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Good luck.
:02:45
Tomorrow morning, we'll take them.
:02:56
Come in, Teddy.
:03:08
Did you have to put it in writing?
:03:10
I knew you wouldn't let me go
unless I did.
:03:13
You're putting me on the spot.
:03:15
-I didn't mean to, Tubby.
-The hell you didn't.
:03:18
You put that request in writing,
made it official.
:03:21
You're the assistant division
commander.
:03:24
And that's why I'm supposed to go
ashore in the first wave.
:03:27
That's where I'm supposed to be.
You know that.
:03:30
You're important
to this operation.
:03:32
We can't have you knocked off
on the first day.
:03:35
But that's not the real reason.
:03:37
Isn't it because my father was
president of the United States?
:03:41
And a great president.
:03:43
And a great soldier.
:03:45
He led the charge of the Rough Riders
up San Juan Hill.
:03:49
So now you've got to be
the first man ashore on Utah Beach.
:03:53
But that's where I'm supposed to be,
Tubby. That's my job.