I happen to be number one million; but, I just represent every fellow who's ever come...

Cpl. Slim Green: I happen to be number one million; but, I just represent every fellow who's ever come here. Gosh, I might have been a soldier, a flyer, or a sailor of the British Commonwealth of Nations, or, a Chinese air cadet here to learn to fly. I might have been one of our good friends from Russia or one of our own colored boys. I might have come from the Philippines across the Pacific or from down under from New Zealand or Australia, or maybe been a Free Frenchman. I might have been one of the boys from South America or from our next door neighbor, Mexico. Or, maybe escaped from Norway or the Netherlands or Denmark or Greece or Poland or Czechoslovakia or any of the countries. I might have been wearing kilts like a Scotsman; but, believe me, if I was, you could see my knees shaking right now. So, I was all you fellas rolled up into one when they made this short leave in Hollywood into some kind of a paradise for me. We've seen people we've dreamed of, up close. So, we found them all as real as they are famous. They wait on us. They wash our dishes. They actually come up here every night to make us laugh or - even choke up a little. Whatever they do they make us forget for awhile where we've been - or where we're going. Still, I think we'll remember longest that most of us arrived here lonely. But, after coming to the Canteen we weren't lonely any more