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So, eleven hundred men went into the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, and the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
— Jaws · 1975
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The final return to the mission makes the achievement sound unbearably small beside the human cost. Quint’s clipped ending suggests a memory he can narrate but cannot put to rest.
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In context
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Quint ends his Indianapolis recollection in the Orca’s cabin while Brody and Hooper listen. After describing the men lost in the water, he returns abruptly to the ship’s wartime mission. The figures and date are Quint’s dialogue in the film, rather than a historical account independently established by this page.
Sources (6)
- Jaws (film, 1975) — written scene source 1Night aboard the Orca: the USS Indianapolis speech, after the scar comparisonReference checked
- Jaws (film, 1975) — written scene source 2Night aboard the Orca: the USS Indianapolis speech, after the scar comparisonReference checked
- Jaws (film, 1975) — written scene source 3Night aboard the Orca: the USS Indianapolis speech, after the scar comparisonReference checked
- Jaws (film, 1975) — written scene source 4Night aboard the Orca: the USS Indianapolis speech, after the scar comparisonReference checked
- Jaws (film, 1975) — written scene source 5Night aboard the Orca: the USS Indianapolis speech, after the scar comparisonReference checked
- Jaws (film, 1975) — written scene source 6Night aboard the Orca: the USS Indianapolis speech, after the scar comparisonReference checked
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