Objective, Burma! (1945)

George Tobias: Cpl. Gabby Gordon

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Quotes 

• Pvt. Nebraska Hooper : It's sure peaceful so far.

  Cpl. Gabby Gordon : That's the way I like it... peaceful. I already said when I starved to death, I want it to be peaceful.

• Capt. Nelson : [Seeing Gabby putting stagnant water in his canteen and getting ready to drink it]  Hey, do you want to get sick? Where's your purifying tablets?

  Cpl. Gabby Gordon : I lost them when we made that last river crossing.

  [Nelson gives him some of his] 

  Cpl. Gabby Gordon : They'll remember me in history. Gabby Gordon: the guy who purified all the stinkin' rivers in Burma!

• Cpl. Gabby Gordon : [about Nelson to the other men]  C'm'on! I'll follow him down the barrel of a cannon!

• Pvt. Nebraska Hooper : What are you thinkin' about, Gabby?

  Cpl. Gabby Gordon : [Chuckling]  I wonder what happened to those two Zulus I had a date with last week.