- U.S. Navy Captain: [referring to a captured Japanese fishing boat] I wouldn't put to sea on that old tub for all the oil in *Texas*!
- Paddy McDowell: [referring to a broken-down Japanese fishing boat] They should have given it back to the *Japs*!
- Colonel Mott: [to Major Lyon] *I* think your "absurd, impractical, scheme" just might *work*!... so pick a team, the best you can find, and leave the brass hats to *me*!