I see. One of the fallen angels of the Air Force. Well, pardon me if I show no sympathy. While you glamour boys were up in the wild blue yonder, I was down in a tank.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:39:58.879 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Yeah, or maybe getting some of them out of my system.
- Well, you can take your last look at these crates. We're breaking them up.
- Yeah, I know. You're the junkman. You get everything sooner or later.
- This is no junk. We're using this material for building prefabricated houses.
- You don't need any help, do you?
- Listen, chum. Sometime I'll be glad to hear the story of your war experiences.
- What I asked you for was a job. Have you got one?
- Do you know anything about building?
- No. But there's one thing I do know, I know how to learn. Same as I learned that job up there.
- Hey, Gus. Yes? See if you think this guy can be of any use to us.
- Thanks.
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