He was from a long, great military tradition. Somebody in his family had fought and died in every single American war.
14 seconds sound clip from the Forrest Gump (1994) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:43:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- The Mekong will eat a grunt's feet right off his legs.
- Sergeant Sims, God damn it, where is that sling rope I told you to order?
- I put in the requisitions at Battalion.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, you call those sons of bitches again...
- Lieutenant Dan sure knew his stuff. I felt real lucky he was my lieutenant.
- I'm on it, Lieutenant. Get on it!
- I guess you could say he had a lot to live up to.
- So, you boys are from Arkansas, huh? Well, I've been through there. Little Rock's a fine town.
- Now, go shake down your gear, see the platoon sergeant, draw what you need for the field.
- If you boys are hungry, we got steaks burning right over here.
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