- Kylie: So, did he kiss her?
- Older Ron Graham: I don't believe he did on that occasion.
- Kylie: Well, why not?
- Older Ron Graham: Nurses made us feel safe. They stepped in where mothers and sisters, wives and sweethearts couldn't be. And they hid their own fears so well that... they seemed invincible. And no man wanted to ruin that. Even for a kiss.
- Young Lt. Ron Graham: I'm a mustang, you know. I was ten years enlisted 'fore my unit went to Guam. I was the last man standing so they made me an officer. I'm not used to having to write home to tell folks that I got their sons killed.
- Capt. Chesborough: You know, Lieutenant, I've always believed in the Hand of God as the controlling force in this world. Don't I feel like an ass to find out that it's a Marine?
- Young Lt. Ron Graham: You're a lot smarter than you let on, Seaman.
- Seaman Thomas: You're a rare one for noticing, sir.