- Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt: There's this little rest...
- [they close up their coats against a cold draft as someone opens the mess tent door to enter]
- Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt: little restaurant in Sausalito where a seagull sits on the windowsill. You can tell by his expression he doesn't have any idea that people shoot at each other. When I get outta here, I'm going there every day until I get that same expression on my face.
- Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce: I don't think we'll ever get outta here. They tattooed our brains with this ugliness and we'll never get it off.
- Col. Sherman T. Potter: Well, it's been a miserable, grueling, rotten couple of days.
- Cpl. Maxwell Q. Klinger: A little shut-eye would go down great right about now.
- Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce: You can say that again. Even my teeth are dozing off.
- Capt. B.J. Hunnicutt: Compared to the way I feel, Rip Van Winkle was an insomniac.
- Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce: Well, good night, folks. If you need me, I'll be unconscious.
- [they start getting up from the table]
- Maj. Charles Winchester: Ah, to sleep... perchance to dream.
- Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce: [all pause, recalling their nightmares] On the other hand, maybe I'll have another cup of coffee.
- Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan: Good idea.
- Maj. Charles Winchester: Help keep us warm.
- Father Francis Mulcahy: I'll pour.
- Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce: A big shot of that, Father.
- Maj. Charles Winchester: Sleep, another chance to dream.
- Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce: Maybe I'll have another cup of coffee.