Joseph Galloway Quotes in We Were Soldiers (2002)

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I'll never forgive myself.

Joseph Galloway: For what, sir?

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: That my men... that my men died and I didn't.

Joseph Galloway: [narrating] Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other.

Joseph Galloway: [narrating] Some had families waiting, for others their only family would be the men they bled beside, there were no bands, flags no honor guards to welcome them home, they went to war because their country ordered them to, but in the end they fought not for country or their flag, they fought for each other

Joseph Galloway: We who have seen war will never stop seeing it, in the silence of the night we will always hear the screams. So this is our story... For we were soldiers once and young.

[Galloway is on the ground]

Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: You can't take any pictures from down there, sonny.

[Galloway gets up and is handed a rifle]

Joseph Galloway: I'm a non-combatant.

Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Ain't no such thing today.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Where you from, son?

Joseph Galloway: Refugio, Texas, sir.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Well, that's the first thing I've heard today that makes any sense.

[last lines]

Joseph Galloway: [narrating] Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other.

Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Can't take no pictures lying down there, sonny. Down, right there.

Joseph Galloway: I'm a noncombatant, sir.

Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Ain't no such thing today, boy.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I'm glad you made it, son.

Joseph Galloway: Thank you, sir. You too.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I'll never forgive myself.

Joseph Galloway: For what, sir?

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: That my men... That my men died and I didn't.

Joseph Galloway: Sir, I don't... I don't know how to tell this story.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Well, you got to, Joe. You tell the American people what these men did here. You tell 'em how my troopers died.

Joseph Galloway: Yes, sir.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Do you got a death wish, Galloway?

Joseph Galloway: No, sir.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Well, then why are you here?

Joseph Galloway: Cause I knew these dead boys would be here, sir.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Why aren't you a soldier?

Joseph Galloway: I just came to take photos.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: You are shittin' me.

Joseph Galloway: No, sir. I swear to God. Anyway, one had a daughter, one had a son... my grandparents.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: What do you suppose the odds of them having the same shoe size was?

Joseph Galloway: I don't know, Colonel. It was meant to be, I guess.

Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Yeah. Meant to be.