Capt. Nelson Quotes in Objective, Burma! (1945)

Mark Williams: What if my parachute doesn't open?

Capt. Nelson: Then you'll be the first one on the ground.

Capt. Nelson: [to Williams' dead body] Oh, we won't forget you, Pop. From now on, if I ever get to buy another newspaper, I'll remember what a few cents can buy. So long.

Capt. Nelson: [Seeing Gabby putting stagnant water in his canteen and getting ready to drink it] Hey, do you want to get sick? Where's your purifying tablets?

Cpl. Gabby Gordon: I lost them when we made that last river crossing.

[Nelson gives him some of his]

Cpl. Gabby Gordon: They'll remember me in history. Gabby Gordon: the guy who purified all the stinkin' rivers in Burma!

Capt. Nelson: [Commenting on a sleeping soldier] That guy could go to sleep on a clothesline.

Mark Williams: Why didn't you join the Navy?

Capt. Nelson: I can walk better than I can swim, brother.

Capt. Nelson: [Looking at disfigured corpses of comrades] That's Harris... isn't it? But who are the others?

SSgt. Treacy: [Visibly shaken] I don't know. How do I know who they are? If they were my brothers, I still wouldn't know.

Capt. Nelson: Take it easy... they can't feel anything... now.

Butch: I never thought I'd be miserable surrounded by beautiful dames.

Capt. Nelson: Cut the gags, Butch, we're in enough trouble...