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Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : [nervously answering a phone call from General Clayton] Col. Clayton, General Blake here sir.
Gen. Crandell Clayton : Steady, Henry.
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : Yes, sir.
Gen. Crandell Clayton : Uh, I just called to offer my congratulations.
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : Well that certainly means a lot coming from you, sir. Uh, may I ask for what?
Gen. Crandell Clayton : Well, I just got a letter from Sister Theresa!
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : Oh, I didn't know you had a sister.
Gen. Crandell Clayton : She's a nun.
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : Oh, you must be very proud, sir.
Gen. Crandell Clayton : Sister Theresa is a nun, who runs an orphanage near your outfit.
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : Oh well, well I mean, I don't know every nun in the uh, it's not my habit sir to uh, that's not what I mean.
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Gen. Crandell Clayton : [discussing his plans over the phone with Col. Blake to recognize Tuttle's generosity] Therefore, I've decided to come out on the field tomorrow, and personally give Cpt. Tuttle a decoration.
Radar : [eavesdropping in on, and accidentally contributing to the conversation] Wow!
Gen. Crandell Clayton : What's that?
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : I mean uh, wow, sir!
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Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : We can all be comforted by the thought that he's not really gone. There's a little Tuttle left in of us. In fact you might say that all of us together made up Tuttle.
Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan : [sobbing] I'll never forget him!
Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce : Our grief will pass... it's already hard to remember exactly how Johnny looked... his little laugh... Thankfully, he's left behind a memorial. I've been informed by Radar that Captain Tuttle's G.I. insurance named Sister Theresa's orphanage as his sole beneficiary! How typical. We salute you, Captain Tuttle. Humanitarian and healer. Goodbye, Tuttle..in that great big waiting room in the sky!
[Salutes; everyone else salutes]
Lt. Col. Henry Braymore Blake : He was the best damn O. D. we ever had!