During World War II, an inept intelligence officer falls hard for a military nurse.
Stationed in Hawaii in World War II, Merle Wye, a 2d lieutenant in Army Intelligence, becomes enamored of Molly Blue, a former schoolmate, now an Army nurse. But because of his ineptitude on the intraservice baseball team, Merle is transferred to the remote American-held island of Rotohan. His "mission" is to capture one Kobayashi, a harmless but annoying Japanese who has been stealing "vital" Army supplies (gefilte fish, soda pop, etc.). After the miserable failure of several of his schemes, Merle disguises his Oriental aide, timid Sgt. Roy Tada, as a Japanese captive and orders him to learn the identity of Kobayashi from the islanders. At this time Molly arrives at the base hospital, but she still refuses to respond to Merle's advances. One evening the islanders put on a show for the Americans, and Tada's new girl friend, Akiko, points out an acrobat as Kobayashi. Merle, however, again bungles everything, and the thief escapes. As a result, Merle is ordered transferred to an even more remote outpost. On the eve of his departure, he and Molly accidentally discover the hiding place of Kobayashi. There is a scuffle in which Merle is knocked unconscious, but Molly subdues the elusive Kobayashi. Merle receives the credit for the capture and wins both a citation and Molly.
