Another entry in the Private Snafu series made for use by the US Army during World War II. This one's directed by Friz Freleng and, like No Buddy Atoll preceding it, is less an instructional short like most of the others and more just a straightforward cartoon with a war theme. There's no dialogue in this one. It tells the story of Snafu stealing top secret documents in Japan and having to disguise himself as a geisha girl. I guess he's a spy or something here. Dumb. There aren't any good gags and nothing particularly controversial like many of the shorts. Unless we count the portrayal of the Japanese which, given the era in which this was made, would have been no big deal. Despite some nice black & white animation, it's pretty light on laughs and is easily the weakest entry in the whole series.

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Snafu steals some top secret Japanese documents and has to disguise himself as a geisha girl to elude the General chasing him.

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