daughters, Gloria, Hester and Violet, and the housekeeper, Thelma, who has raised the girls since childhood. Other than their father, the girls have never seen another man. When Halyard is informed that 1,500 U.S. Marines will soon arrive to establish an air base on the island, he's apprehensive over the prospect of his daughters, who have never met another man, being thrown together with 1,500 Marines who haven't seen a woman in months.

Tags : world war two | island | male female relationship | father daughter relationship | airport | based on novel

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