- You gotta hand it to the Navy. They sure trained that kid how to use those hooks.
- They couldn't train him to put his arms around his girl, to stroke her hair.

— Al Stephenson (Fredric March), Fred Derry (Dana Andrews)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:17:14.476 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, Homer. My boy. Oh, darling. It's good to see you. Oh, oh.

- Isn't this wonderful?

- There's Wilma.

- Okay, let's go.

- Well...

- No, don't. I'll carry it.

- What's the matter, Ma?

- It's nothing.

- It's just that your ma's so glad to see you home.

- Yeah, I know.

- You gotta hand it to the Navy. They sure trained that kid how to use those hooks.

- They couldn't train him to put his arms around his girl, to stroke her hair.

- Is it the next turn up here?

- Yeah, the next turn on the left.

- Hey, Fred, uh, why don't we drop you first?

- No, you're next.

- And we're not going back to Butch's for a drink, either.

- Feel as if I were going in to hit a beach.

[...]

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