on this day in 1898

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kerry49
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on this day in 1898

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Olpeddler
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Those uniforms look heavy for the summertime in Cuba. I was at "Gitmo" in the winter of 1967, it was unbearably hot.

I can spot only one trooper with a rifle, it is a Krag carbine. I assume all of TR's troops were issuesd a sidearm, probably an 1873 SAA Colt revolver.

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