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Ketcham : [Discussing the siege of Nichols] Ain't there something you can do?
Cavalry Major : There's one thing I can do. We've been testing this new weapon. An aerial torpedo. Thought about callin' it a bomb.
Ketcham : A what?
Cavalry Major : It's a... like a very large Howitzer shell, but you drop it from an aireoplane
[sic]
Cavalry Major : .
Ketcham : On us?
Cavalry Major : No, on the enemy.
Mitch Mitchell : Let me ask you a question. How do you know who's who from way up there?
Cavalry Major : Reconnaissance. You tell me where they are, exactly, and I guarantee you I'll drop one... oh, say, within 50 feet, give or take a few.
Ketcham : Now, what about the rest of the folks in the vicinity?
Cavalry Major : Now, well, they are what we call "legitimate casualties." You see, sometimes to save a town you have to destroy it. You understand that? "Tactical principle?"
Ketcham : Look, if it's all one and the same to you, we'll pass.
Cavalry Major : You civilians are all alike. You don't understand war.