Yeah, I know. You're the junkman. You get everything sooner or later.

— Fred Derry (Dana Andrews)

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

You can hear this line at 02:39:44.643 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- 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?

- Out of a job?

- That's it.

- 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.

- Listen, chum. Sometime I'll be glad to hear the story of your war experiences.

[...]

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