The Way Ahead (1944)

James Donald: Pte. Evan Lloyd

Quotes 

• Pte. Evan Lloyd : You can't fight any war without infantry.

  Sam - Friend of Pte. Lloyd in Pub Scene : That infantry stuff 's as old as the hills. Air-power, tanks, they're the new weapons. Engines of war. The only engine the infantryman has is the human body, and that has grievous limitations.

  Pte. Evan Lloyd : I don't agree.

  Sam - Friend of Pte. Lloyd in Pub Scene : Here, what I mean is...

  Pte. Evan Lloyd : No, listen Sam. An infantryman is one of the most highly skilled technical men in a modern army. He has to be a mechanic, a gunner, an explosives expert and an athlete to begin with. He has a greater variety of weapons than all the rest of the army put together. He has to be trained in not just one sort of tactics but every sort - street-fighting, tank-hunting, wood-clearing and all the rest!

• Buster - Marjorie's Boyfriend : Been in long?

  Pvt. Ted Brewer : Seven weeks. Seems like years.

  Buster - Marjorie's Boyfriend : I know.

  Pte. Geoffrey Stainer : What are you in? Bombers?

  Buster - Marjorie's Boyfriend : No, fighters.

  Pvt. Ted Brewer : On leave?

  Buster - Marjorie's Boyfriend : Sick leave.

  Pte. Evan Lloyd : You're lucky. We could do with a bit of that. How did you wangle it?

  Pte. Luke : Really sick, eh?

  Buster - Marjorie's Boyfriend : Well, shot up a bit.