Quotes

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Johnson: Would you look at how fast they put the names of all our guys who got killed? The Sergeant: That's a World War One memorial. Johnson: But the names are the same. The Sergeant: They always are.

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Kaiser: Did I kill the guy that killed me? The Sergeant: Yes.

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Griff: I can't murder anybody. The Sergeant: We don't murder; we kill. Griff: It's the same thing. The Sergeant: The hell it is, Griff. You don't murder animals; you kill 'em.

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The Sergeant: Killing insane people is not good for public relations. Griff: Killing sane people is okay? The Sergeant: That's right.

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Johnson: [concerning a woman in labor] How do you say "push" in French? The Sergeant: Poussez. Johnson: [to woman] Pussy! Pussy! Pussy!

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The Sergeant: What do you think? The Captain: What the hell is it? The Sergeant: It's a "one". First Infantry Division. The Red One; think General Pershing will like it? The Captain: Oh, sure. The Sergeant: I got the idea from the cap of a Hun I killed. The Captain: When? The Sergeant: About an hour ago The Captain: Did he yell out anything? The Sergeant: Oh, the same old Kaiser stuff, you know, "the war's over," all that junk. The Captain: Finish it. The Sergeant: Sir? The Captain: Finish it. The Armistice was signed, at eleven o'clock this morning. The war's been over for four hours. You didn't know it was over. The Sergeant: ...He did. Zab: [narrating] A quarter of a century later that piece of cloth from a dead Hun's hat had become famous all over the world. It was the insignia of the First Infantry Division. The Fightin' First. The Big Red One.