12 seconds sound clip from the White Christmas (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:43:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Thank you. Thank you.
- And now, it's a great privilege to present my special guest, an old pal from Army days, a great guy and a great entertainer, Bob Wallace!
- Bob's got a special message tonight for all you guys who were a part of the 151st Division.
- It's about someone who's very close to all of us, and he's gonna tell you about it in his own special way. Bob?
- Thanks, Eddy.
- When the war was over, why, there were jobs galore for the GI Josephs who were in the war.
- But for generals things were not so grand and it's not so hard to understand.
- What can you do with a general when he stops being a general? Oh, what can you do with a general who retires?
- Who's got a job for a general when he stops being a general? They all get a job, but a general no one hires.
- They fill his chest with medals while he's across the foam and they spread the crimson carpet when he comes marching home.
- The next day someone hollers when he comes into view 'Here comes the general'. And they all say, 'General who?'
- They're delighted that he came, but they can't recall his name.
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