Donald Gets Drafted (1942)

19428:55theatrical shortdir. Jack King

Donald Gets Drafted is a 1942 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The cartoon has Donald Duck being drafted into the U. S. Army during World War II and follows his introduction to military life. The film was directed by Jack King and introduced the song "The Army's Not the Army Anymore" by Carl Barks and Leigh Harline. It was also one out of two shorts in the series that featured Donald's drill sergeant hat in the opening headshot (with the other being his following short Sky Trooper). The voice cast includes Clarence Nash as Donald, John McLeish as an officer, and Billy Bletcher as Pete who is Donald's drill sergeant.

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Donald Gets Drafted dates from 1942.

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