Myra D. Hemmings

During World War II, a young African American is forced to continue his family’s tradition of military service when he's drafted into the Army. Despite complications that arise during basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.

Aspiring small town singer Daisy Mae Walker travels to a big city in pursuit of showbusiness. A kindly cab driver and a troupe of down-and-out musicians at her hotel provide advice and support; but she falls prey to a sleazy nightclub owner who promises her stardom and makes her his 'kept woman'.

The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother interferes.