- Capt. Mack: I know its tough, all right; but, war is tough, isn't it?
- Cpl. Jericho Jackson: Yes, war. But, I want to learn how to kill? No, but they taught me and taught me until my arms ached sinking steel into sandbags. These hands that I want to use to heal, to save life, to give life, turned into hands for killing.
- Cpl. Jericho Jackson: [singing] Nobody knows what lies ahead, Right from the day they're born, Nobody knows what lies ahead, Beyond tomorrow's dawn, One way there's trouble and lonely state, One way a rainbow, Which will you take?
- Mike Clancy: I'm already married to one. A red-headed mama! Boy, was she hot. Of course, we're all busted up now. If she knew I was married to someone else, she'd swim the ocean and scalp the dame.
- Cpl. Jericho Jackson: [singing] Mammy's little baby loves shortening, shortening, Mammy's little baby loves shortening bread...
- Capt. Mack: His conduct has always been exemplary. Another thing, he's very popular with the men. So, the morale affect on the Negro troops of prosecuting Jackson for essentially a heroic act would be - well, it would be very bad, to say the least.