1:20:01
But didn't you want
to be a general?
1:20:03
Well, no, I didn't.
1:20:05
But why not, Bill?
1:20:08
I had an idea it was more
important to build things.
1:20:11
I don't mean it isn't important
being a soldier.
1:20:15
I don't know how we'd keep
the things we build without them.
1:20:19
But you said you went
to West Point.
1:20:21
I should think you'd be
a lot more than a...
1:20:29
More than a corporal, you mean.
1:20:32
Let's have a picnic sometime.
I'll bring a...
1:20:41
Bill, I didn't mean that.
It's wonderful being a corporal.
1:20:44
No, you meant that
if I went to the Academy,
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I ought to be
more than a corporal.
1:20:50
Well, you might as well know it.
1:20:54
I was kicked out
and I broke Grandpa's heart.
1:20:59
I'm sure it wasn't your fault.
1:21:01
Yes, it was.
1:21:04
Bill, come and sit down.
1:21:15
Look. Grandpa's father carried
this watch at Vicksburg.
1:21:19
Grandpa gave it to me
on my tenth birthday.
1:21:22
He had it engraved for me.
Read it.
1:21:25
I'll light a match.
1:21:29
"To William G. Smollett,
the Second,
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who will lead men
to glory on the battlefield."
1:21:38
You must have been
terribly pleased.
1:21:41
I said, "Grandpa, don't people
hurt each other in war?"
1:21:47
You see, I was only ten.
1:21:49
He took the watch away from me.
1:21:51
But he gave it back to me again
when I entered the Academy.
1:21:54
Jane, I did my best, but I
could never make a good officer.
1:21:58
I can't lead men, and I know it.