USS VD: Ship of Shame

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Release date: January 02, 1942
Duration: 46 minutes
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Overview

This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually transmitted diseases as syphilis and gonorrhoea are shown, along with the physical deterioration that accompanies those diseases.

Starring

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Keefe Brasselle
Chicken (uncredited)
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Cliff Clark
Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)
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Dorothy Granger
Bar Woman toasting 'Chicken' (uncredited)
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Don Haggerty
Ship Officer (uncredited)
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Eddie Hall
Stores (uncredited)