The Best Years of Our Lives

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In 1945, the dark clouds of war finally passed. In the city of Boone in the central United States, three fellow soldiers returned to their hometown on the same plane after being demobilized. The three were Sergeant Al, a former bank clerk, Captain Fred, a former department store clerk, and Homer, a sailor. Among them, Al is over middle-aged and Homer is the youngest. Before they parted, they made an appointment to see each other later, and then went home.
Upon returning home, the lucky Al was greeted with great enthusiasm by his wife Millie, grown-up daughter and son. Since then, Al and his beautiful wife and lovely children have lived a peaceful and happy life.
However, when Fred returned home, he saw that his father had been intoxicated, his mother had fallen, and that his wife, who had been married before the expedition, was often haunting nightclubs and fooling around with other men.
Homer, who lost his hands on the battlefield, even though he was fitted with a prosthetic hand, still brought a great burden to his parents, lover and those around him.
On the day of the appointment, the three met in a bar and talked about their own experiences: Homer said that the pity of his lover and relatives made him unbearable, and Fred was indignant about his wife's parting...
That day In the evening, Fred accepted Al's invitation to visit his house and fell in love with Al's daughter at first sight. Later, Fred found a job as a salesman. By chance, at the airport, he saw the "air fortress" that brought them back, but now it has become a large pile of scrap metal. These scrap metals come into the building materials business. At Homer's wedding, the two reunited, and Fred told Al's daughter that he would marry her when he succeeded in his career.
After the demobilization of the three veterans, they finally end their lives with happiness...

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  • [Mr. Thorpe has offered Derry a job as asst. floor manager and part-time soda jerk]

    Fred Derry: At what salary?

    Mr. Thorpe: Thirty-two fifty per week.

    Fred Derry: Thirty-two fifty. I used to make over four hundred dollars a month in the Air Force.

    Mr. Thorpe: The war is over, Derry.

  • [Al is explaining to the bank president why he made the loan to Mr. Novak]

    Al Stephenson: You see, Mr. Milton, in the Army I've had to be with men when they were stripped of everything in the way of property except what they carried around with them and inside them. I saw them being tested. Now some of them stood up to it and some didn't. But you got so you could tell which ones you could count on. I tell you this man Novak is okay. His 'collateral' is in his hands, in his heart and his guts. It's in his right as a citizen.