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A Harsh Reality of War
Maj. Brand
You know what this place is? It's a slaughterhouse, and I'm the butcher!
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Sacrifices Made for Unknown Love and Honor
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Roaring into each blood-red dawn... fighting for women they had never seen ... for love they might never know ! !
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Reflection on the Cost of War
Phipps
It's his helmet and goggles. It means a very gallant gentleman died this afternoon. And for what? What have all these deaths accomplished? So many fine chaps have died in this war and are going to die in future wars. That's all, gentlemen.
[Opens package dropped by enemy plane; pause]
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Request to Continue the War Effort
Capt. Courtney
Gentlemen, keep the war going please. We're going to roll in a few gutters.
[drunkenly]
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The Dual Nature of Humanity
Capt. Courtney
Man is a savage animal, who, periodically to relieve his nervous tension, tries to destroy himself.
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A Toast to the Fallen
Capt. Courtney
Ask him if he'll drink a toast to the dead.
[Asking Phipps to translate to the German POW]
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The Irony of War
Lt. "Scotty" Scott
It's a funny war.
Phipps
No, not awfully.
[sadly]
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Morning Conversations About a Missing Dog
Phipps
You know, Brand, it'd be awfully nice if we had a dog around here in the mornings to come in and cheer us up. Here! Come on, fella! Come on here! Mind your muddy feet. Come on!
[whimsically after reading a letter from home; whistling and talking to an imagined dog]
Maj. Brand
What you doing?
[not really listening]
Phipps
Uh, the dog.
Maj. Brand
Dog? What dog? Where?
Phipps
No, I say it would be nice if we had a dog to come in here in the mornings to sort of cheer us up, you know? And... I thought it would be sort of cozy, you know.
[He mutters as he realizes Brand has not been listening to him. He kisses the letter]
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Facing Danger at Dawn
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They roared through the dawn... with death on their wings!
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Language Barrier in Foreign Conversations
Capt. Courtney
Hooh, I did't understand a word, did you?
Lt. Scotty Scott
No, I took German in school but...
Capt. Courtney
So did I, but I can't understand the way these foreigners speak it.
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