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In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Instead of focusing on the battlefield, this musical finds its rhythm in the backstage chaos of soldier-run Broadway revues. It offers a rare, upbeat look at how entertainment keeps spirits high amidst the turmoil of two different world wars.