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The heroism, devotion to duty, professional skill and coolness under fire displayed by Captain Derry under the most difficult conditions, reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

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

You can hear this line at 02:35:28.901 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'll tell you, captain. We've got two flights going out tonight. One eastbound, one westbound. You'll have to ask the pilot. Which way you going?

- Which one leaves first?

- Eastbound, 8:00.

- That'll be fine. I'll just hang around the field until then.

- Say, you don't seem to care where you're going.

- That's right, chum. I don't.

- Hortense. Hortense! Listen to this. Sit down.

- Headquarters, Eighth Air Force. Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross. Um, here.

- Despite intense pain, shock and loss of blood, with complete disregard of his personal safety, Captain Derry crawled back to his bombsight, guided his formation on a perfect run over the objective, and released his bombs with great accuracy.

- The heroism, devotion to duty, professional skill and coolness under fire displayed by Captain Derry under the most difficult conditions, reflect highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

- By command of Lieutenant General Doolittle.

- Hey, bud, what are you doing up there? Hey, you! What are you doing in that airplane?

- I used to work in one of those.

- Reviving old memories, huh?

- 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.

[...]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Sound Clip

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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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