A 14-year-old boy lies about his age and enlists in the United State Marine Corps without his family's consent or knowledge. He is sent into battle in the Pacific war-zone, decorated, and spotted in a newsreel by his family. The family asks the War Department to discharge him and send him home.
Directed by Jack Moss
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Cast
Robert Benchley
Ben Stevens
Barbara Jo Allen
Madge Stevens
Conrad Janis
Ronald Stevens
Nanette Parks
Laura Jessup
Janis Wilson
Kate Hereford
Jimmy Lloyd
Danny Baker
Enid Markey
Aunt Emily
Marcia Mae Jones
Martha
Byron Foulger
Phil Ford
Eva Puig
Josephina
Ray Mayer
Detective
Winfield Smith
Col. West
John Souther
Taylor
Kathleen Howard
Dean Garrett
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