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Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
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Mistaken IdentitySmall Town LifeIdentity DeceptionMisadventuresMilitary LifeFalse Hero Worship












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Directed by: Preston Sturges, John F. Seitz, Harve Foster
Written by: Preston Sturges
Produced by: Buddy G. DeSylva, Preston Sturges
Composed by: Werner R. Heymann
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