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.
Robert Benchley
as Ben Stevens
Barbara Jo Allen
as Madge Stevens
Conrad Janis
as Ronald Stevens
Nanette Parks
as Laura Jessup
Janis Wilson
as Kate Hereford
Jimmy Lloyd
as Danny Baker
Enid Markey
as Aunt Emily
Marcia Mae Jones
as Martha
Byron Foulger
as Phil Ford
Eva Puig
as Josephina
Ray Mayer
as Detective
Winfield Smith
as Col. West
