Branded (TV Series)

Salute the Soldier Briefly (1965)

John Pickard: Lt. Shanley

Quotes 

• Lt. Shanley : I served under the Captain at Shiloh, Fredericksburg, and in the Comanche wars.

  Charles Briswell : But fortunately, not at Bitter Creek.

  Jason McCord : As I recall, you lost two good friends at Bitter Creek.

  Lt. Shanley : As I recall, you lost thirty.

• Jason McCord : Lieutenant, according to Regulations, a soldier salutes the uniform, not the man.

  Lt. Shanley : I just broke a Regulation. Report me, Captain.

• Charles Briswell : I saw McCord shoot down five Apaches. Then he ran out of bullets and he started using his sabre> Two more Apaches were sliced lengthways. Like bloody melons.

  Jason McCord : Those details are necessary.

  Charles Briswell : You never know what small detail may help. Where was I? Oh, yes, he tracked down three more Apaches.

  Lt. Shanley : You said two.

  Charles Briswell : I did? They were falling all around like leaves. Anyway, suddenly, one of them came up behind McCord and laid him out with the butt of a carbine directly beside the body of Colonel Reid.