Biloxi Blues (1988)
Eugene, an aspiring writer from Brooklyn, is drafted into the US Army during the final months of World War II. For his basic training, the Army sends him to Camp Shelby in Mississippi, where toil, bad food, and antisemitic jibes await. Eugene takes refuge in his sense of humor and in his diary, but they won't protect him in a battle of wills with an unstable drill sergeant. mississippi river, homophobia, world war ii, based on play or musical, loss of virginity, boot camp, basic training, semi autobiographical, 1940s, barracks, drill sergeant
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