A scene from The Best Years of Our Lives 1946
Foreman

Hey you, what are you doing in that airplane?

Fred

I used to work in one of those.

Foreman

Reviving old memories, huh?

Fred

Yeah, or maybe getting some of 'em out of my system.

Foreman

Well, you can take your last look at these crates. We're breakin' them up.

Fred

Yeah, I know. You're the junkman. You get everything sooner or later.

Foreman

This is no junk. We're using this material for building pre-fabricated houses.

Fred

You don't need any help, do ya?

Foreman

Out of a job?

Fred

That's it.

Foreman

I see. One of the fallen angels of the Air Force. Well, pardon me if I show no sympathy. While you glamour boys were up in the wild blue yonder, I was down in a tank.

Fred

Listen, chum. Sometime I'd be glad to hear the story of your war experiences. What I asked you for is a job? You got one?

Foreman

Do you know anything about building?

Fred

No, but there's one thing I do know. I know how to learn, same as I learned that job up there.

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