Lieutenant and Charlie in “Unfinished Business”

Did I send for you, supply?

Charlie

I killed that sniper. You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.

McClusky fired the shot. It's in my report.

Charlie

It's a lie.

You're calling me a liar?

Charlie

Yes, sir, I am.

This war is almost over. Think about what you're doing right now.

Charlie

Don't you tell me to think, lieutenant. My thinking saved your life! But I won't get the credit because I'm a negro, isn't that right?

That's right. It's not the policy of the United States Government to hand out medals to negroes. Therefore, private McClusky fired the shot that killed the sniper, making him, and not you, a candidate for the bronze star. That's just the way it is, Charlie. You don't have to like it, but that's the way it is.