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to killing other men.
:41:04
I simply want to determine
how conditioned the lieutenant may be...
:41:07
to the use of firearms
on other human beings.
:41:10
I don't like the question, Mr. Biegler,
but I don't see how I can exclude it.
:41:14
Let him answer.
:41:16
I know I killed
at least four men in Korea--
:41:19
three with a hand grenade...
:41:21
and one with my service automatic.
:41:24
I may have killed others.
A soldier doesn't always know.
:41:27
Now, Lieutenant,
in these acts of killing...
:41:30
did you ever have a lapse of memory such
as you had when you killed Barney Quill?
:41:33
- No, sir.
- Did you ever have one during battle?
:41:36
- No, sir.
- Were you ever submitted...
:41:38
to a constant barrage,
constantly in a sweat for many hours...
:41:40
- constantly under attack or attacking?
- Many times.
:41:43
Were you ever treated for shell shock,
battle fatigue, neuroses or psychoses?
:41:46
- No, sir.
- Did you ever experience...
:41:48
any unusual mental state
during the war?
:41:51
Well, I do remember having
one great urge.
:41:53
- What was that?
- To get the hell out and go home.
:41:57
You would do well to consider
the seriousness...
:41:59
of the situation you're in.
:42:01
- I'm sorry, Your Honor.
- I sympathize with the lieutenant.
:42:04
I expect he has the same feeling
about getting out of jail.
:42:08
But the main point here
is that at no time...
:42:10
during your war service did you have
a record of mental disturbance.
:42:13
You were always in complete possession
of your faculties.
:42:15
Yes, sir. That's right.
:42:17
- No more questions.
- No redirect, Your Honor.
:42:20
Step down, please.
Call your next witness.
:42:23
We call Laura Manion
to the stand.
:42:37
- Up these stairs and to the right.
- Thanks.
:42:46
How long after you told
your husband what had happened...
:42:48
did he leave the trailer?
:42:50
I don't know exactly.
:42:53
Everything was kind of fuzzy.
:42:54
I was faint,
and I laid down on the bed.
:42:57
He sat beside me.
:42:59
I vaguely remember
his getting up and going out.