that only made me love this movie even more.

It's amazing that a group of men so persecuted and vilified had the guts to prove themselves in battle. Faced with signing loyalty oaths of being deported, many brave lads signed up to fight their ancestral country. I always knew there was a regiment of Japanese-American soldiers who earned more than their share of medals, but perhaps in the "anti-war" hysteria of the Vietnam Era, we've forgotten that risking one's life in combat is one way to show your patriotism. This movie was released only 6 years after the end of WWII, so there was no cover-up. Another good movie to watch is Farewell to Manzanar (or read the book). One good thing about Americans is that we're able to put ourselves in another person's shoes and consider what it would be like to be them. This empathy is chiefly what has kept us from committing the large-scale atrocities of our WWII enemies: Hitler, whose Nazi goons killed over 9 million civilians in concentration camps; Japan, responsible for the Rape of Nanking, the Comfort Women episode, and who had planned a wide-scale massacre of Japanese Christians in their own country.No one "cheers" about the atomic bombs, or is proud of the internment camps, but let's try to keep things in perspective. And let's remember to honor the brave Nisei and others who formed the 442nd Regiment.

I grew up with two of the survivors of the 442 on our ranch in California. I say survivors as "The 442nd is commonly reported to have suffered a casualty rate of 314 percent, informally derived from 9,486 Purple Hearts divided by some 3,000 original in-theater personnel. U.S. Army battle reports show the official casualty rate, combining KIA (killed) with MIA (missing) and WIA (wounded and removed from action) totals, is 93%, still uncommonly high"Jeff and his brother were two of the humblest and toughest men I have ever met in my life. As an example while they were clearing brush with chain saws the saw kicked back severely cutting Jeff's neck with a deadly wound, his brother applied pressure to the wound, got him to the truck and drove him five miles into town, where he was given 8 pints of blood, a complete refill. He survived, was even able to talk afterwards, and neither of them ever made fuss about it.They are heroes.The worst part is that while they were off fighting the war, my grandparents hid their families on our ranch so they would not be interned. It was a bad way to treat them.

I cant say i knew about this division. (WENDY) Its always amazed me that WWII vets like the one in your family went on with their lives an never mention the war or what they did.A loss to history but i understand valor. A very unique time in history and a lot of great men.This movie though very hollywood helped America have eyes for what an American is.