Willie takes May to Yosemite and proposes, but May refuses, claiming that Willie is still too concerned about his mother's opinions. The incident results in the Caine being summoned back to San Francisco, where Willie goes to see May and presents her to his anxious mother. Queeg becomes so engrossed in the reprimand that the Caine steams undirected in a circle, severing its target tow-line. A few days later, after a standard target practice exercise, Willie is summoned to the bridge to be reproached by the captain for not punishing a disheveled sailor. Queeg appoints Willie morale officer and immediately orders the Caine thoroughly cleaned up. Although mystified by the crew's sentimental send-off of DeVriess, Willie is pleased with Queeg's brisk, if peculiar, manner. Francis Philip Queeg, coming off two years of combat duty in the Atlantic. When DeVriess is transferred, Willie anticipates the arrival of the new commanding officer, Capt. DeVriess and the dilapidated Caine, yet he nevertheless refuses a transfer arranged by his mother and grudgingly settles down to months of drilling of the clumsy, unkempt crew. Willie is unable to conceal his disappointment in the casual Capt. Steve Maryk and another newcomer, Ensign Harding. Tom Keefer, the sober executive officer, Lt.

Caine, a beat-up, destroyer-mine sweeper, and meets cynical novelist Lt. Upon arriving in Hawaii, Willie reports to his assigned ship, the U.S.S. Disappointed, May does not see Willie off as he sails from San Francisco to the naval base at Pearl Harbor. In 1944, at his officer training graduation, Ensign Willie Keith attempts to keep his wealthy, clingy mother from learning of his serious involvement with nightclub singer May Wynn.

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