We fought the wrong people, that's all.

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

You can hear this line at 02:15:31.107 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- It's terrible when you see a guy like you that had to sacrifice himself. And for what?

- And for what? I don't get you, mister.

- Anything else for you?

- Check.

- We let ourselves get sold down the river. We were pushed into war.

- Sure, by the Japs and the Nazis.

- The Germans and the Japs had nothing against us. They just wanted to fight the Limeys and the Reds. And they would've whipped them too if we didn't get deceived into it by a bunch of radicals in Washington.

- What are you talking about?

- We fought the wrong people, that's all.

- Just read the facts, my friend. Find out for yourself why you had to lose your hands. And then go out and do something about it.

- You'd better pay your check, brother, and go home.

- Well, who do you think you are?

- Pay the cashier right over there.

[...]

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