And here's a flag I found on a dead Jap soldier. All that writing on it are signatures and good luck messages from his relatives.

— Al Stephenson (Fredric March)

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

You can hear this line at 00:25:24.426 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Sure, but aren't you gonna stay and have a bite to eat?

- No, thank you, Hortense.

- Well, uh... So long, Pop. I'll be back.

- Well, it's... I'm glad to have you home, my boy.

- It's good to be home, Pop. Bye.

- Here, a cap.

- Here's a samurai sword, Rob.

- Thanks very much, Dad.

- And here's a flag I found on a dead Jap soldier. All that writing on it are signatures and good luck messages from his relatives.

- Yes, I know the Japanese attach a lot of importance to their family relationship.

- Yeah. Yeah, entirely different from us.

- Say, you were at Hiroshima, weren't you, Dad? Did you happen to notice any of the effects of radioactivity on the people who survived the blast?

- No, I didn't. Should I have?

- We've been having lectures in atomic energy at school and Mr. McLaglen, he's our physics teacher, he says that we've reached the point where the whole human race has either got to find a way to live together, or else...

- Or else.

- That's right. Or else.

- Because when you combine atomic energy with jet propulsion, and radar and guided missiles, well, just think of the...

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