James Mackay Quotes

Prosecutor There is only one question that any military court need ask of the accused: do you deny disobeying Col. Sangston's direct orders?

Judge Well, do you, Private?

Desmond Doss No, sir, I don't.

Judge Why are you contesting it, then? Why is it so important to you, given your refusal to even touch a weapon to serve in a combat unit?

Desmond Doss Because when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, I took it personal. Everyone I knew was on fire to join up, including me. There were two men in my hometown declared 4-F unfit, they killed themselves cause they couldn't serve. Why, I had a job in a defense plant and I could've taken a deferment, but that ain't right. It isn't right that other men should fight and die, that I would just be sitting at home safe. I need to serve, I've got the energy and the passion to serve as a medic, right in the middle with the other guys, no less danger, just... while everybody else taking life, I'm going to be saving it. With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it doesn't seem like such a bad thing to me to wanna put a little bit of it back together.

Officer Cole She's going in, sir.

Captain Toms Chase her down.

Henry No, don't do it. Don't do it!

Officer Cole You will not address the captain, boy.

Henry Sir, look at your charts. I believe you're sailing us into the Devil's Triangle.

Captain Toms You hear this, men? This landsman believes an old sailor's myth.

Henry Sir, with all due respect, I have spent my life studying the myths of the sea. I know every legend and every curse. And I know ships that sail into the Triangle do not necessarily sail out...

Maddox I'm sorry, sir. This one is clearly disturbed.