You know, before I went in the Navy, Butch would never let me drink any liquor. He used to read me lectures on the curse of drink. But it's different now. I'm a veteran.

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

You can hear this line at 00:35:28.321 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Hello, Homer.

- Hi, Steve.

- Boy, am I happy to see you back home again.

- Go ahead, shake, pal. It won't bite you.

- What'll you have?

- What'll I have? How many times have I dreamed of hearing that question?

- You know, before I went in the Navy, Butch would never let me drink any liquor. He used to read me lectures on the curse of drink. But it's different now. I'm a veteran.

- Give me a whiskey, Steve. Straight.

- How about it, Butch?

- Draw a beer for the Navy.

- Butch, I ordered whiskey.

- Beer.

- Beer.

- I'm gonna take my trade to some other joint where I don't have relatives.

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