Hail the Conquering Hero

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  • Genre:Comedy, War
  • Production:Paramount Pictures
  • Released:1944-08-09
  • IMDB:tt0036891
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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