:24:04
Are there any more questions?
:24:09
Well, gentlemen, good luck. I'm sure
you'll come through as you always do.
:24:13
Let's get some sleep.
:24:16
I'm not afraid of dying,
only of getting killed.
:24:19
- That's as clear as mud.
- Which would you rather be done in by?
:24:22
- A bayonet or a machine gun?
- A machine gun.
:24:25
That's just my point. They're both
pieces of steel ripping into you,
:24:28
only the machine gun is quicker,
cleaner and less painful.
:24:32
- So?
- Most of us are more afraid
:24:34
of getting hurt than of getting killed.
:24:36
Look at Bernard. He panics when it comes
to gas. Gas doesn't bother me a bit.
:24:40
He's seen photos of gas cases -
doesn't mean anything to me.
:24:44
But I'll tell you something.
I'd hate to be without my tin hat.
:24:47
But I don't mind
not having a tin hat for my tail.
:24:50
Why? Because I know a wound in the
head would hurt more than one in the tail.
:24:55
The tail is just meat.
But the head is all bone.
:24:58
- Speak for yourself.
- Tell me this.
:25:00
Aside from the bayonet,
what do you fear most?
:25:02
- High explosives.
- Exactly! It's the same with me,
:25:05
because I know that it can chew
you up worse than anything else.
:25:09
If you're afraid of dying,
you'd spend your life in a funk
:25:12
because you know
you've got to go someday.
:25:14
And if it's death you're afraid of, why
should you care about what kills you?
:25:19
You're too smart for me, professor.
All I know is, nobody wants to die.
:25:32
Through to Division, sir.
Through to Polygon.
:25:35
Everything quiet.
All units report themselves ready.
:25:38
Zero minus two.
:25:41
- May I offer you some cognac?
- Thank you, sir.
:25:48
After you, sir.
:25:51
To France.
:25:54
(artillery fire)