Meet the Fleet

IMDb link: 0032772
IMDb rating: 6.3 (110 votes)
Genres: Drama, War, Short
Director: B. Reeves Eason
Cast: Robert Armstrong, George Reeves, William T. Orr, Mary Cheffey and others

Release date: 21 Dec 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 20 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: training, recruit, voice over narration, san diego california, sailor, seasickness, u.s. navy, training center, submarine, raw recruit

Plot:

Three recruits land in Navy boot camp in San Diego: Potter from Kansas, wealthy Benson (who has experience with yachts), and dirt-poor Dan. Kansas gets in trouble for not having his cover. Dan has color-vision problems. The company is sent on a training mission to Hawaii, though Dan is sent instead to the Medical Officer, apparently to be discharged, which plunges him into despair. But the Navy isn't quite done with Dan.

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