No, I was only responsible for getting the bombs on the target. I didn't command anybody.

— Fred Derry (Dana Andrews)

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

You can hear this line at 01:15:27.391 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But you'll understand that since this business changed hands we're under no legal obligation to give you your old job back.

- I wasn't thinking of getting my old job back. I'm looking for a better one.

- What are your qualifications? Your experience?

- Two years behind a soda fountain and three years behind a Norden bombsight.

- Yeah.

- While in the Army, did you have any experience in procurement?

- No.

- Purchasing of supplies, materials?

- I didn't do any of that. I just dropped bombs.

- Did you do any personnel work?

- No.

- But, as an officer, you surely had to act in an executive capacity: you had to command men, be responsible for their morale?

- No, I was only responsible for getting the bombs on the target. I didn't command anybody.

- I see. I'm sure that work required great skill. But, unfortunately, we've no opportunities for that with Midway Drugs.

- Yeah.

- However, we might be able to provide an opening for you as an assistant to Mr. Merkel, the floor manager.

- Sticky Merkel?

- Clarence Merkel.

- Yeah, that's the fella. He used to be my assistant at the soda fountain.

- He's a very good man.

- Incidentally, your work would require part-time duties at the soda fountain.

- At what salary?

- Thirty-two fifty per week.

[...]

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