One Man's Hero [1999]

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] but this for a long time they're doing this not just for yourself but for your family we're more than grateful to you making your mother alive mighty proud son brought up so you want unlist yes sign here now you can all become US citizens Jessica's roots there delicious welcome to the US Army come with me I'll get you started over here [Music] you'll help me search you were all duly charged you infracted the rules Royals dust on a brass buckle Warren's days in the cage being Irish that's the infraction Riley the bloody Brits gave us more quarter than your corporal Bledsoe I am Irish Brian so half the men in this man's army but not fresh off the boat it's because we Catholic hey captain say I don't go to Mass I know go to Mass I tell him I got to go Romania here Phil Weber John Riley you know what that means in German army field wife I felt Weber takes care of his man you fought against Napoleon Schultz long before you or the blue rules and regulations how many times do I have to pound it in your heads impartially delivered not one nor for those barefoot peckerwood Yanks and another for the likes of us you're an Irishman and a Catholic John Reilly just like us and our sergeant aboot there's injustice here John you do for such you've all we've got paddy yes soldier boy come our mission to go to master them is Mexican churches sir consorting the enemy I call it papist more like it you know the only trouble with those potato famine clods in the calaboose their only allegiance goes to Rome I reckon to go to Messer thank you your future man you are this close to being an officer and a gentleman what have you in common with those traders running from the British um when man's hero is another man's traitor I reckon sir the pass is yours sergeant I'll even forget where you're going for the moment [Music] [Music] mother Kristi martyrdom integrity mother carissima mother caste Seema Martin in vallata Martin in Morada Martell caste Seema Mother India lotta Martin in the Murata bill governor and mother admit our beliefs Martin born in concealing mother Claire Therese but El Salvador's miracle prudence bill governor Rhonda perdóname lo siento thing okay to me what's going on sergeant you tell me carbonyl this easy now this your sergeant right and I was fairly close he'll not be Petraeus he called mass desertions more like it I saw the u.s. cowboy horses outside and all of you were in a uniform of the infantry he's no man of Aran you all saw the card wheels he's here to spy for his masters there after making slaves of us Aria was wearing the blue red the priests go to pray for the souls of the men that you can sign the hell your own men sergeant Riley [Music] let me tell them brain [Music] ready captain let the punishment begin say your prayers man that's a posture dearie hail Mary full of grace blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus [Music] [Music] I don't understand to Catholic I'll blow your brains in corporal you'd best and to like he said sir she'll be begging the captain's pardon sir but you're conducting an illegal punishment detail here traitor ught here oh man at the rest you're gone Thank You Manzo now that you see the power of a simple prayer ask and you shall receive subpoena no poor flower [Music] jennice on Sunday Rose dos Echevarria's Massimino algún tipo de military uniform Edwin Porter son el enemigo welcome to Mexico we need rest bad place to hold up my man stop here you can do what you want with yours anyway will they own Ridge is up there working in the sierra madre curving to the north in the west you could ride along those high lines west to new mexico even california i mexico might give you sanctuary how do you know the army isn't after us right now yeah the army can't cross the border unless we're at war already and to the east the ocean port of Veracruz we can ship from there to some place of sanctuary chant sorry it's time for you boys to decide us hmm what about you I have irregular army huh I got you off the lash and wheeling away I'll face a wall a couple days in a pokey was kept in gain after your hide catalase you enter vein and the same goes for any of you that want to come back with me but the one of Lacey's been killed and gain is still in charge can you guarantee us to be free of the lash then me I've had my text of the freedom those blue-bellied officers offer the looks of Osiris great then you'll be making for Veracruz and the chance to say before the mast of a neutral nation [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] mira el castillo del padre Varga some Yankees got Holocaust [Music] [Music] [Music] whenever you love do you he's not our enemy or our friend just a deserter some say that of you I fight for cause so the why saving this one's life is mine so indulge me only as long as Tim uses me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] sir okay I trust things went well what we were away I'm ready with my full report sir we won't have time for that now then it's war it begins for Texas is under siege 5th infantry is to join general Taylor we watch to relieve them good time we gave them chili gobblers what for there's very little pleasure in that prospect capital no no sir what I meant to say was I want Lieutenant John Ryder to join the confabulation get him sergeant Riley sir general Taylor said he sent Riley's field commission papers down here weeks ago I expected you to make it official while I was away can't commission a man who's deserted colonel ah how was that boy just crying she was too good what it was like coming see them is a comer this time Orion to embrace rapido ah hey hey bienvenido yeah you know I think I dreamt about you last night no you had Posada yes bad dreams anyway thanks for the shave you know Jesus she's a my side whiskers you always treat her like that the question is how we like treat you well we'll be on our way soon and I can walk strange Oh men have a tendency to fall in love with their nurses huh I'm glad you recognized gold when you see it even if it's not yours and you sentence five of Reilly's men to the whip why ain't it obvious sir consorting with the enemy you mean wanting to go to church to practice their faith not so sir if you read the charges you'll see that they're all guilty of just plain bad soldiering those Irish immigrants are known for that Irish is Grabovski Irish five years fighting the Indians for this country and a medal for valor corporal Schultz a German who officered against Napoleon beggin your pardon sir they're all papist it's well known where their loyalties lie instruct me corporal Rome sir the Pope in Rome not our flag our flag you're a disgrace to that flag and the freedom it stands for half the troops in this man's army are Irish it is the religion sir an officer must know who's loyal that is the business of war digging latrines will be your business the only war you'll see will be pounding postholes I protest sir but Ted Daniel and take care not to cross my line of sight dismissed gain let me instruct you my grandfather fled County Cork and the British to fight for our American Revolution now get out [Applause] [Applause] I said enough you March them into the ground they need decent discipline oh the army of Napoleon was all discipline where are they now Jack well I got destroyed they do what I say Riley's our leader not you Karev no I'm from Ireland sorry you're Landis to cover us poor Laura I think she means you got a red head does she know CeCe rip hip the lady thinks the Mac of the air is just flaming red hair I have a red hair I'll polish penis come man food okay when can we go see what happens your discipline tell it to Napoleon are you right boys [Music] [Applause] [Applause] entering cheers thanks to you my gracias [Music] they go mucho hambre what did you desert you're right you're man maybe they spoke of what happened and how do you freedom from the lash well one bad officer like we say rotten apple spoils the barrel but you led them away from that barrel I did what I had to do that is good very much like Cortina Cortina he's a bandit and a butcher who kills for smiles Helen Dez do not mistake Cortina for an animal like Dominguez what's the difference they ride together only as long as we fight for our land or for a piece of dirt for a dream for Mexico to be free what about you what about me your dream girl don't you people eat anything with these fried over beans [Music] ain't got no no gusta laughs waiter just a yearning for some good Irish suppose this is potatoes spoiled you know hmm how are you down at the end you grow them in the ground and then you dig him up you poke them and then you put loads of piranhas I ain't your puppet you gave it not thinking what I am about you know so yeah my papa murder thing lookyou thing really in another man's house and right now what we all need is some sleep so men might be born to die sleep enough an insult in another's bed not me fine but remember your actions may have consequences for everybody no Kate there's a time for everything [Music] time is a commodity running into short supply [Music] just taking good care of you my Martha I'm grateful for that what about me for saving your lives there are five dead men wearing the blue back in the sierra madre i don't think they'd agree casualties of war remember you have me to thank you are free you're a prisoner more like it I've given your men tequila and your horses water we'll be gone for a day maybe two meanwhile your man have the parole of my camp if you want feel free to go wow we can't get down the mountain without guns and provisions where would you go anyway sergeant to the north you are a traitor to the south an enemy you are a man without the country just like us so relax be my guest make the best of it and enjoy my hospitality or how long till I decide what to do with you do you like her don't like her too much you've cheated death once make no more mistakes [Music] [Music] it is repaired then the leg were you trying it out [Music] [Music] Marta [Music] do you love him [Music] you don't understand us [Music] [Music] look out the rear undies [Music] what did you see the cold reaches of their home I see my home the village where my blood goes back a thousand thousand years [Music] I never knew a home just the army they knew my father most of me alone I have missed visa my mother was a stick and the other the father from Spain these two cultures or what Mexico is made of what it's all of me [Music] we are there's nan right and the land belongs to the people who work it [Music] I must tell you something girl and more woman and then the other woman I ever met coming is the Yankees have invaded Mexico we are at war to desert in time of war means hanging with anybody to fight those would sell all of Mexico for personal gain a revolution now there is a question what question the Yankees have done us a favor this is good for us the government in Mexico must fight them these mountains are ours now what dom dingus answer her she is a woman you listen to her what do you want Marta all that Mexico ever wanted to be left alone we must forget our differences and fight the invaders you listen to her she speaks for her village only a woman listens to a woman I beg of you Dominguez call me a woman now well what what in the name of God do we do now show me the choice [Music] [Music] [Music] the word from Winfield Scott we're ready to attack and he would hold me for a meted Camargo hell fire honey boggling Hank of busting feathers that Lacey your fifth held the flank centaurians Lancers running south like geese in winter and then our regulars the best are no longer in need of you but I thought I know you'll fight the bear and drew the Wildcat son I need an aide-de-camp I can trust you just say the word and you'll tail along with me to meet general Scott a Camargo sir no by Thunder this country cousins moving out to wrestle that old alligator and putea to a fall but win Phil's got fish for his own glory I'm about to pursue the campaign not the election of 48 are you with me man just point the way general we move south Nolan's Mullins to take the city of Monterey Mama's muchachos necesito communities con la mesa see Padre [Applause] you know the news tomorrow has fallen soon the Yankees will attack Monterrey I must make a confession battery you feel the noose tightening around our necks it is a great thing a scene of conscience weather will move when soon as mass is over you two get back to your post and especially are my other boys they'll stand guard that's what do you have to fear [Music] call the police [Music] or a presentation the Christum Dominum Nostrum amin benedicat vos omnipotens Dale's father she news at espiritu santo don't leaders Bobby school eat Mesa is it is finished no there are the verses of the last gospel they've all received communion what more do you want that you should be a Mexican I know what I am then prove it Cortina I can make a meeting under the flag of truce I have told you my fights against party that's in this interest is as long as they are in power I'm or mehico Cortina the Masters over back those relics and go back tell them I write free in these hills as long as they see trap on their Thrones in the Capitol it is too late Cortina it's too late Correll max mannix or masses or Dennis curtain I come to you with an offer a choice the news or amnesty for what swear allegiance to this blood join the regular army you will be an officer again with your own manners Lancers not enough I offer you your life my life what does my life matter in a country that has been ravished by its own rulers what do you think your chances will be all of Mexico's brought to his knees do you prefer the Yankee spoon you fought with distinction and the general Urrea at the San Jacinto bridge now you're a bandit and outlaw [Music] all right we'll postpone our gala Sevilla but only until the Yankees leave and things must change I will take do these mountains again will you fight with mexico's army against the Yankee's you have my word not enough there remains a question of your true loyalty to Mexico a demonstration perhaps for the benefit of all your followers what am i truly kernel pay you or the snake oh yeah that is good batch of those deserters who is they leave that that's our window John Riley Sargento Riley you are old kilobases yes most of us sir freedom can be yours our glorious general Antonio Lopez de Santana offer asylum to all Yankee deserters 320 acres of land and the opportunity to be citizens of the Republic of Mexico in exchange for what sir of course you will fight for our flag sir all we need is the chance to make for Veracruz impossible the Yankees are sitting down the coast located in every support you will be captured [Music] well I'll not speak for the fate of other men course I'll give you time to discuss this first thing in the morning [Music] little you know [Music] well you heard the man the logic is deadly freedom if we join their rank we've heard that soon before flipping us off the boat New Orleans join the army and become an American citizen the stung by the lash instead it's a sorry soul all right or born by this one I'd like the Emerald Isle at all at all it's the people John people they're no different to the ones in my own County Mayo their religion yeah it is the same as us but would you bear arms against your own troops our troops you also take you don't see the difference between being a deserter and being a traitor traitor to what this above all to thine own self be true quite maybe there's still a way they take us back I'd rather die than it those bastards put the lash to my back again me too I've been soldiering my whole life and I always knew I was gonna die in battle fighting under one flag or the other but now I say when I die I'm gonna die fighting for freedom I mean I'll stand fight well anyone opposed it can't desert your men search you can't go back and leave us you're our leader carpeau Keneally Allatoona like two rows a car [Music] [Music] what's your name this was Gerald Soffen you're right Francis can indeed sir look at that line John coming from all over the US of A like God's revenge we assume be a full battalion spring well you can measurement pounds of meat to the properly trained at your chart they're in the sand Patricios now salute your commanding officer Lieutenant John Riley himself meet Frances Fitzgerald fresh off the boat from comfy cork strain into the blue and now with us up the mornin to you odd the remainder of the day to you sir thank you all right Frances make your way to the quartermaster's office get yourself a uniform and some food dismissed we depend yes sir sorry sir next man move that line named John Daly can you write John no sir your fight yes sir good man this maze get on with you John Daly thanks man named Peter O'Neill sir are you from Peter Claridge a County Clare all right Peter dismiss Belu thanks man named Ed McKinney good man hey do you um Brian [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] get some rest John now this third force is vital you must take the bishop's palace to cut off the salty old road you just come off this count yes sir they seem to be expecting us at the north gate new guns in place a whole battalion regulars no sir volunteers they call themselves the San Patricios our own Irish deserters mostly sir I have Scouts within their breastworks I could get a message to their leader John Riley the best sergeant I ever soldiered with and tell him what that you could set things right company punishment may be reduced in rank and a new start if they turn about the desertion rate is caused by sects saints and sadism is whittling this army down son doesn't pay to ponder the right or wrong of it yesterday's it could have been we're gonna have us a thunderous gonna be tomorrow [Music] stand easy Francis is it yes up for shelter that County Clare Peter O'Neill sir like there's gonna take me a while to learn all the names sergeant Daly here informs me that wanting a I have experience in artillery yes I'll come out here James Kelly yes sir I was with their Majesties roaring artillery sir all that experience that however we have no Royals here now no sir we serve a republic do the big fella what's your name look fabulous sir Dailey he's a big one put him on the ramrod it's done so all right lads smart today let me down three on benedicat vos omnipotens Dale's father had phoebe's the spiritual son benedicat vos omnipotens Dale but the buildings that spin to son the netiquette Falls omnipotence there are feelings that Espiritu Santo medical powers from the bottom step father at feelings the spirit affirmed [Music] your president savior of the republic looked forward to this day and the fair is victory of Medicaid Cortina and his Lancers will protect the flank your cannons will destroy those of the enemy who survived he little and podía and the people upon today salute you god bless us all [Music] [Music] shake it loose but short the diamonds McDuck go raise this banner high time answer [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] fight right now when the I can't betray closes will give a blizzard of grapeshot [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I've got you [Music] [Music] shut up return fire oh yeah McKinney get it out [Music] [Music] you can get to the can Helena bastard [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] lazy tellin general de ampudia general Taylor does not want your sword this is a truce not your defeat it's a rotten war than the lamb booyah you made a great stand you're a man of great honor sir why did you invade my country orders man you understand that it's more than folks who don't cotton to President Polk scheme 11 congressmen are asking for his impeachment and half the nation's newspapers are calling for an end of the war John Quincy Adams stands in Congress and says the slavers want this land for more plantations there are no slaves in Mexico fine meanwhile general Ambuja you March your troops out of the city with full honors [Applause] [Music] [Applause] finally [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] don't sleep here is this the love story [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] will up their bollocks lazier at Buena Vista no Santa Anas high taming get out of there John hightailing it down miles of desert road back to San Luis Potosi and I get this from Scott they say he's taking the 5th infantry sir he stole nine full regiment from me Wham straddled the president he demands a report sir well write it down lacy you'd be the carrier now on you'll be my liaison with that other general yes well as you know I dealt that Bush whacker Santa Anna a Crippler it up here at Buena Vista now he's on the run back to San Luis Potosi to confront you in the south my dear General Scott when you return to your camera may your mother bite me like that down yes sir I will in a more delicate way 300 kilometers in three weeks and then there were the mountains snow three meters deep in many places and heat became frozen I knew that the poison was on the other side that's that need you button at your leisure get to the commissary try to get us some provision reports March at dawn hey yeah sir the drop of the pure you'd need this night would be lovely Donn's at five rad you know what I miss dancing on this restful desert air the sound of a good tune on the pipe come on party give us a blast or something it's too dry to pipe it's fair I'm feelin brain it loan no good you're far to the smoke in the fire like your heroic ancestor Kings boy lost the day to see more days than warm we fought him to a standoff a month or a ran from Saltillo and then 20,000 Mexican troops go up against eight or seven at Buena Vista and Santa Ana has the cotton room generals got himself a bad habit of losing Brian what Riley said back there before he hummed the door shut there's the difference he said between the doctor and treasure oh the same to you yes sir me make no difference what they call us they catch us gallows gallows Carlos is it mr. Brue darlings take it easy paddy I didn't ever old there's a finer tune to pipe and all there is song for the lake of us enough [Music] well I'm happy to see that there's still plenty of fight in here but I'd be saving it for the enemy living your pardon sir but could you tell us what the enemy ends and our friends begin Mexico is our friends look they gave us a country to fight for land fun look about your man if he can forgive an Irish man now or quote in an Englishman there's always a better comfort lads even for Satan himself john milton paints this picture of hell you see an environment much like what is about us here and the devil newly banished from heaven slowly raring up to look at the desolation of his new domain what does he say the mind is its own place and of itself can make a hell of heaven a heaven ain't that the hell if it breaks you are paddy [Music] in the rain rain rain over here at sun sand and no bloody rain in Poland there is no Sun about Sam not an either and you complain [Music] [Applause] [Music] when do you think we'll make you home well Julia honey will be home by Christmas Eve agha waina I'm glad to see you're alive Jim Riley I could have told Matt not when she was looking for you Martha where is she she wasn't on the radar in the battle but when I searched for her later she was gone with the others cartina gone too where are you going John I'm going to find cartina you don't know if she's alive you can run off man the battalion he'll connealy to assume my duties until I return where will you meet up with you Tiago school where Jeru Scott the Aztec name for place of the war gods well as the splendid irony if there ever was one way done [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm an my brave man dead all dead defending your flanks where's Martin want her to deserted you where's Marta Marta [Laughter] O'Reilly can come along if Martha is it visible her villager no episode Oh buddy mean regret let me tell you one thing sergeant it's in the nature of man to fight for a reason somehow I just ran out of them I'm sure you'll invent one like patriotism let me tell you another thing you'll see in the end there's only the darkness it drains the glorious color of all banners the dust all battle flags are gray all right you know Aria this we feelin there's are over between you and me yet or what so Martha why not after all she's the woman of all women what is she to you Mexico you bastard what's fair about women in war what are your horse we have a long right [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] help me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] you're going come with me I have my people to think and I have my boys to we relate that around I love you Martin don't at Cortina then you must understand the way things are and he must doom he's somewhere alone up in those heels Oh eating no no he will fight again when the time comes worst loss smart Mexico will live on did you not know what Cortina means to us he sits in those heels like the conscience of our people in the end it is justice that he wants for all of us and for you a woman should be proud of him and serve him like a common slave like my own mother observing her high barn British ambassador's that she dropped dead in their traces drove me to America did swear and I'd be no man's slave no no man's master especially for a wife [Music] please [Music] don't tilt so lobber turn right we must wait don't you see [Music] right then [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] felt Weber if you want to know why that infantry loses every battle this is why the charge is too heavy too big for the musket ball yeah so that's why those brave soldiers can't hit a cow from its own milk stool kick so hard they can't aim right now they are besides the breeches blow lots of them or there's not enough powder look at the flash in the pan you mean we're gonna lose again we are told we citizens of Mexico we are fighting in their army and why don't you tell that to the troops of capture us if we lose your Churubusco begging the captain's pardon what you're saying is that our lines will not hold and consequently we are doomed please correct me if I've misunderstood captain [Music] on now and now Schultz we go and talk to the boys come on what [Music] you all know what we do on tomorrow for the turbo boost go bridge onto the green flag Blizzard's of graves generally be given blizzards that's right Betty y'all will get put captured and so there's a decision to be made sure like I was in Ireland there is one we stand and die live maybe face the charges of desertion or we get out of here in the night God's sake there's a country to fight for here you're saying we'll lose again what I'm saying is it'll be the same as Monterey and Buena Vista so I'll not hold it against you if you take to the mountains or Mexico City the people who hide you you know that and there's the choice [Music] well we'll be with the captain [Music] we'll fight till the win John Riley [Music] lead on felled available [Music] I suppose a prayer and Gomez aye [Music] every grand brain [Music] pardon not a prayer but a thing a great Roman said many years ago back in history Marcus Aurelius it was say to yourself as a Roman but as a man to do what you must with a perfect and simple dignity but a feeling of freedom when the faction injustice [Music] and give yourself relief from Holland and you seriously expect us to believe that a Roman said that most of it an Irishman born and bred [Music] ready on the line John Riley with the melodies Bryan headphone stand easy gentlemen we have some time as yet before the curtain rises on this dramatic matinee so relaxed that Bryan the book does he get the girl in the end of course he does [Music] it's time [Music] [Music] young boys [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] what was God [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] come on inside buddy buddy he's gone [Music] [Applause] [Music] they appoint a decent judge advocate to represent you sure he's been telling all the men to say they were drunk captured by the Mexicans this gives me a hope that they'll come out with their skins done accomplish you know and that works well for your army too keeps him from telling about their mistreatment and you what about me why did you desert I said I would to get my men free and intended to come back absent without leave is not desertion but you kept going sir do you ever puzzle or your loyalty lies at the end of it is it the country the flag I'm wearing captions opulence but way down deep you know I'm still an old sergeant and I had to protect my men there are protests from all over the world that the st. Pat should not be tried as traders it's not meself I'm thinking of it's the men most of them are not citizens of the US of A promised but not delivered legally they're British me I'm a citizen of your country I joined a warrant for her soon I'm ready for whatever they do show my men my boys it is not just Colonel it's not right colonel it's not Josh it's General Scott ah thank you excellent brandy I'm glad to see the Mexicans have discovered a taste for the real Napoleon have a snifter No thank you sir the fate of these renegades disturbed you does it not Reilly was the best soldier in my command sir he is a deserter from the United States Army he did not desert his men did he he didn't examples have to be made clean up the mess that battles leave behind be firm in laying out the leg story the law of the land but the Santa tree shows our heroes to the Mexican people their government considers them citizens of their country their law of the land is not ours general this trial can make them feel as if ours is merely lex talionis the italian be damned it's our army that concerns me examples must be made to stop these wholesale desertions and these men are perfect for the job gonna be a fair trial sir right a fair trial and speedy punishment those who left after the war began will be huh and those that fled before the war the lash branding it's all in the book of military law and Riley sir what about him the army is begging for John Reilly's death but I would rather March home right now and lose the war and fault the law by hanging him Riley may survive the lash and he will witness the executions Mexico surrendered right now I could show some leniency but they won't and I will not ruin the morale of my army that will be all girl 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 50 Haley can you hear me Riley by order of the court in addition to the lashing were to be branded with a letter D for desertion near the eye but without impairing the sight commence [Music] quickly man he has to be conscious [Music] do it [Music] you idiot that's upside down do it right oh oh keep running until I get one good plain tea [Music] I must officially protest the execution of the Romanians and Patricius we advance our Chapultepec castle so Mexico City will be ours your government is hardly in a position to make demands this men are prisoners of war they are citizens of Mexico any further hangings will be considered by my government at the rest of the world as an act of true and barbarous m'a it is not within my power to change those verdicts Brigadier and it's too late the final assault has begun where and when will the execution take place mix correct the scaffolding is on the rise the condemned men will be placed in those nooses where they can see our storming of Chapultepec castle the provost marshal would ensure that their faces are turned to the Mexican snake and Eagle flag as it comes down and the American flag goes up their last sight would be of that simple very well my government informs you that this punishment will be a demonstration of horrible torments improper of the civilized age for a country that aspires to the title of illustrious and humane Julie recorded sir is not all see Brigadier that is all [Music] [Music] enough of that old language che devoureth on across the talk to you they breach they are breaching the wall sir [Music] [Applause] [Music] straighten up men we're still the soldiers of st. Patrick [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it's alright Sarge sorry byes [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I brought you good news John Riley the army leaves Mexico tomorrow dammit man you'll be free again I've always been free Carol [Music] [Applause] [Music] none of us aware to churn even your revenue rule [Music] we're moving north we're back to the gringos I said doing right she's not there I'll find her or a grave what about yours [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nope [Music] cylinder said a thing about you Martha but to him you are making that's true better survive [Music] [Applause] the story of John Riley and his San Patricio battalion is true on every st. Patrick's Day Mexico and Ireland celebrate their bravery what was a glorious victory for the United States was a disastrous defeat for Mexico lost forever over half of its territory to the northern invader general Scott won the war but lost the presidency he hungered for and general Taylor who only wanted peace and to return to his plantation was made president instead the last historical record of John Riley dates from 1850 when he mustered out of the Mexican army it is believed that he married and disappeared into the mountains of Mexico forever [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] you

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