A scene from Zulu 1964
Lt. Chard

[At the ruins of the garrison hospital]

Who was left in here?

Lt. Bromhead

I don't know.

Lt. Chard

They had names, they had faces, they were our men. What do you mean you don't know?

Lt. Bromhead

Chard!

Lt. Chard

All right. Well, you've fought your first action.

Lt. Bromhead

Does everyone feel like this afterward?

Lt. Chard

How do you feel?

Lt. Bromhead

I feel... sick.

Lt. Chard

Well, you have to be alive to feel sick.

Lt. Bromhead

You asked me, I told you. There's... something else. I feel ashamed. Was that how it was for you? The first time?

Lt. Chard

The first time? You think I could stand this butcher's yard more than once?

Lt. Bromhead

I didn't know.

Lt. Chard

I told you. I came up here to build a bridge.

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