- 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, Ms. Stephenson.
- 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.
- Don't sir me, Mr. Novak. I'm a sergeant.
- I mean, yes, I was in the Seabees.
- All over the Pacific. One little after island after another.
- Fairly interesting work, eh?
- Those islands all look alike. Until Iwo Jima. That was different.
- 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.
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