They Were Expendable (1945)

Charles Trowbridge: Adm. Blackwell

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• Admiral Blackwell : [to Brickley]  Listen, son: you and I are professionals. If the manager says, "Sacrifice", we lay down a bunt and let somebody else hit the home runs. We know all about those destroyers out of commission, tied up around San Diego. We could use them here. But they're not around. They won't be. Our job is to lay down that sacrifice. That's what we were trained for, and that's what we'll do. Understand?