Needless to say casualties in the leading regiment may be extreme.
7 seconds sound clip from the Glory (1989) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:28:59 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Headquarters has determined a time for our attack.
- We will proceed with a direct frontal assault tomorrow at dusk.
- The problem, gentlemen, is the approach.
- Needless to say casualties in the leading regiment may be extreme.
- General Strong. The 54th Massachusetts requests the honor of leading the attack on Fort Wagner.
- It's Colonel Shaw, isn't it?
- You and your men haven't slept for two days.
- You think they have the strength to lead this charge?
- There's more to fighting than rest, sir. There's character. There's strength of heart.
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