- We've already won a great victory, Admiral. Maybe we ought to get our people out of there.
- You mean, break off, run for home?
- Before they can hurt us again? Yes, sir.
— Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (Henry Fonda), Commander Joseph Rochefort (Hal Holbrook)
11 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:57:45.025 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Three of their first -line carriers, Admiral! Isn't that worth at least a hot-diggity-damn?
- I'll take it under advisement, Joe, but there's still that fourth enemy carrier to deal with.
- There's also a message from Captain Buckmaster, sir, the Yorktown's been hit.
- Badly?
- Yes, sir. But she is underway again. Operational.
- But that fourth carrier can't be far off.
- We've already won a great victory, Admiral. Maybe we ought to get our people out of there.
- You mean, break off, run for home?
- Before they can hurt us again? Yes, sir.
- Well, that might be the smart play, Commander.
- Trouble is, I want that fourth carrier.
- Your right wing tank, Lieutenant, it's punctured. We haven't had time to repair it.
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