South West Pacific (1943)

George Randall: The Merchant Seaman

Quotes 

• The Merchant Seaman : Carryin' the food and the munitions and the soldiers where they're needed - that's our job in this war. A cargo of meat and butter and cheese out of Melbourne, Australia - that's going to mean plenty to a hell of a lot of people in Liverpool, England. And a cargo of aircraft motors out of Frisco for Sydney - that's going to mean bad news to a hell of a lot of Japs in New Guinea. Somebody's got to do this carryin' job. It just 'appens that I'm one of the mob that's doing it.

  The Sailor : You know what I think about blokes like you?

  The Merchant Seaman : What?

  The Sailor : Blokes like you that do the fetching and the carrying in this war for all of us. Blokes who take all the risks with precious little chance of heading back. I wish I had half your guts, that's what. Here's mud in yer eye, sailor!