Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

John Agar: Pfc. Peter Conway

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Quotes 

• [During the night the squad is guarding a trenchline amid word that the Japanese may launch an attack. From out of the night a faint voice can be heard calling "Corpsman."] 

  Pfc. Benny Regazzi : [his voice hushed]  Stryker!

  Sgt. Stryker : [hushed]  Get down! Stay down! You have your orders, don't move!

  Pfc. Peter Conway : [hushed]  There's somebody wounded out there. Let's go get him!

  Sgt. Stryker : Stay down, it might be a Jap trick, they pulled it off plenty of times at Guadalcanal.

  Pfc. Peter Conway : That doesn't sound like a Jap to me!

  Sgt. Stryker : I don't care what it sounds like to you! You stick your head up, you'll tip our position.

  [the voice resumes, and now we can recognize it] 

  Pfc. Charlie Bass : [unseen in the night]  Stryker!

  Pfc. Peter Conway : That's Bass. How many Japs know your name, Stryker?

• [Last Line] 

  Pfc. Peter Conway : All right, saddle up. Let's get back into the war.