The film gives a portrait of mental health treatment during the 50s, which was the heyday of treating mental patients in big institutions.

Charlie hires three “party girls” to help him land a business deal.

Private Snafu imagines the good times his family is having back home while he's stationed in the Arctic. Technical Fairy First Class shows that even his family is helping with the war effort - his dad building tanks, his mom planting a Victory Garden, Grandpa riveting battleships, and his girl joining the WAC's and even the family's horse is pitching in.