

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown,…
NR • Comedy, War • Movie • 1944 • 1h 41m
Starring: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn
Director: Preston Sturges
Hail the Conquering Hero
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.
NR • Comedy, War • Movie • 1944
