American Rhetoric Movie Speech from The Great Santini

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"The Great Santini" (1979)

Remembrance Service for Bull "The Great Santini" Meechum

Colonel Varney: The long and the short of it simply is that he died because he stayed with his plane 'til it was clear of the town, because he was a true Marine, and because he cared.

I wanna tell you Ben, Mary Anne, Matthew, Karen, and Lillian that I'll like the world less without Bull. It'll be a duller, more colorless place. We'll all remember him. And we'll honor that memory.

Honor Guard: Detail, attention!
Half-right face.
Ready! Aim! Fire!
Aim! Fire!
Aim! Fire!
Detail, attention!
Half-left face! Present arms!

[Buglers blow "Taps" followed by flyover of 4 U.S. Marine Corps fighter planes.]

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