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- I see you were in the Navy.
- Yes, sir.
- I mean, yes, I was in the Seabees.

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

You can hear this line at 01:35:54.672 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Good morning, Mr. Brook.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- Good morning, Ms. Stephenson.

- Good morning, Mrs. Garrett.

- What have we here? The Bretton Woods agreement?

- That's a Mr. Novak waiting over there. I've filled out the basic form. He's applying for a GI loan.

- Oh, good. I'll see him.

- Mr. Novak.

- Sit down, Mr. Novak.

- Thank you, sir.

- Don't sir me, Mr. Novak. I'm a sergeant.

- I see you were in the Navy.

- Yes, sir.

- I mean, yes, I was in the Seabees.

- Where'd you operate?

- All over the Pacific. One little after island after another.

- What'd you do, mostly?

- We went in before the landings and cleared the mines and underwater obstructions. And when they'd taken enough ground for an airstrip, we'd build it.

- Fairly interesting work, eh?

- No, it got monotonous.

- Those islands all look alike. Until Iwo Jima. That was different.

- So I've heard.

- I see you have quite a family. A wife and four children.

- Yes, there'd have been more if I hadn't been away three years.

[...]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Sound Clip

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Poster

Memorable quotes from the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives, with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)

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