My apologies. I've been away from my duties much too long.
5 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:02:49.733 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Weather is clearing, sir. We could not have timed it better.
- Look, we've intercepted a radio transmission from Tokyo to Admiral Yamamoto.
- So? Intelligence still does not report any movement of the American fleet.
- Well, whatever doubts we may have had...
- My apologies. I've been away from my duties much too long.
- I'm well enough now to take charge of air operations.
- And so you shall, my friend. And so you shall.
- I want you to prepare an air search plan immediately.
- Times like this, Joe, I miss the flatlands.
- It's a big body of water out there.
[...]