Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Navy Wife is a 1956 comedy film directed by Edward Bernds (who also directed Three Stooges" and "Bowery Boys"), and starring Joan Bennett, Gary Merrill, Shirley Yamaguchi. The screenplay was written by Kay Lenard, based on novel Mother Sir by Tats Blain. This movie takes place in post-war Japan, where Peg Blain (Joan Bennett) and her daughter Debby (Judy Nugent) join Peg's commanding-officer husband Jack (Gary Merrill). After the local Japanese wives see how independent and self-reliant Peg and Debby are, they demand to have the same respect, rights and privileges as them. At a military Christmas party, the situation gets brought up and resolved.