Sgt. Kinnie Quotes in Battleground (1949)

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Holley: [as they begin marching from the battlefield, passing their replacements as they enter] Hey, Kinnie - what ever happened to Jody?

Sgt. Kinnie: All right, come on! Come on! What do you want these guys to think, you're a bunch of WACs? Alright, alright pick it up now. Hut, two, three. Hut, two, three, four. Hut, two, three, four. You had a good home but you left...

I Company: You're right!

Sgt. Kinnie: Jody was there when you left...

I Company: You're right!

Sgt. Kinnie: Your Baby was there when you left...

I Company: You're right!

Sgt. Kinnie: Sound off!

I Company: One, two

Sgt. Kinnie: Sound off!

I Company: Three, four.

Sgt. Kinnie: Cadence Count

I Company: One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four!

Sgt. Kinnie: Your baby was lonely - as lonely as could be...

I Company: Until Jody provided company!

Sgt. Kinnie: Ain't it great to have a pal...

I Company: Who works so hard to keep up morale!

Sgt. Kinnie: You ain't got nothing to worry about...

I Company: He'll keep her happy till I get out!

Sgt. Kinnie: You won't get out until the end of the war...

I Company: In nineteen hundred and seventy-four!

Sgt. Kinnie: Sound off!

I Company: One, two.

Sgt. Kinnie: Sound off!

I Company: Three, four...

Holley: What's going on?

Sgt. Kinnie: Me and General McAulliffe decided to move I Company up on the line. That is if you agree.

[Rodriguez is wounded and left under an American artillery barrage]

Pvt. Donald Jarvess: That's great. Artillery, can't miss. They've got Rodriguez to use as an aiming stake.

Sgt. Kinnie: Tell Walowicz to send out for Rodriguez as soon as the barrage lifts.

Holley: With what, a sponge?

Lt. Teiss: You sure they were enemy tanks?

Pvt. Donald Jarvess: We saw them, Lieutenant.

Lt. Teiss: You think we got enough anti-tank grenades to do any good?

Sgt. Kinnie: We ain't got any. Mind if I make a suggestion, Lieutenant?

Lt. Teiss: What?

Sgt. Kinnie: Well, sir, our usual defense against tanks is to call for artillery, and then to run like a jackrabbit.

Lt. Teiss: We got orders to hold these positions.

Sgt. Kinnie: Well, sir, let's call for artillery and keep our heads down, then.

Lt. Teiss: We could send out some bazooka men... if we had any bazookas.