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directed by Herbert Glazer. This was the first short with Herbert Glazer as ''Our Gangs regular director. It was the 207th ''Our Gang'' short to be released.

Plot

Hoping to entertain the military troops stationed in Greenpoint, Mr. Wills organizes the gang into a junior USO troupe. In addition to performing a "boot camp" sketch, the gang participates in a brace of production numbers.

Cast

The Gang

Billy Laughlin William Robert Laughlin (July 5, 1932 – August 31, 1948) was an American child actor. He is best known for playing the character Froggy in the ''Our Gang'' short films from 1940 to 1944, the films′ final years of production. Early life ...

as Froggy *

Janet Burston Janet Elizabeth Burston (January 11, 1935 – March 3, 1998) was an American child actress who was the final leading lady in the ''Our Gang'' short subjects series, replacing Darla Hood in 1942. Career Burston began her film career in the Ou ...

as Janet * Mickey Gubitosi as Mickey *

George McFarland George Robert Philips McFarland (October 2, 1928 – June 30, 1993) was an American actor most famous for starring as a child as Spanky in Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. The ''Our Gang'' short ...

as Spanky *

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as Buckwheat

Additional cast

* Beverly Hudson as Miss Liberty * Walter Wills as Mr. Wills * Freddie Chapman as Messenger boy /

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* Vincent Graeff as Taxi driver /

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* Edward Soo Hoo as

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* Valerie Lee as

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* Lawrence Long, Jr. as Milkman / Uruguay * Freddie Walburn as Free

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