Best war movie quotes of 1979

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Apocalypse Now picture

Kilgore: I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

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1941 picture

Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Identify yourself.
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: Captain Wild Bill Kelso, United States Army Air Corps. Where the hell am I?
Colonel "Madman" Maddox: Barstow. Where are you coming from?
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: San Francisco. Been chasing a Jap squadron for a day and a half. I lost 'em somewhere over Fresno.
Telephone Operator: I'm from Moline, Illinois.
Captain Wild Bill Kelso: Tough shit.

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Zulu Dawn picture

General Lord Chelmsford: For a savage, as for a child, chastisement is sometimes a kindness.
Sir Henry Bartle Frere: Let us hope, General, that this will be the final solution to the Zulu problem.

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Hanover Street picture

David Halloran: You've got to go to him, and I've got to turn and walk away.

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More American Graffiti picture

Terry 'The Toad' Fields: Oh, come on, look at me, I'm a free man! The war is over, and I win.

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