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Videos produced about the 442nd Documentary Video: Honor Bound Documentary Video: Beyond Barbed Wire Documentary Special: Most Decorated: The Nisei Soldier Documentary Video: Yankee Samurai: Little Iron Men Movie: Go For Broke
| Go for Broke: A Pictorial History of the Japanese American 100th
Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team
by Chester Tanaka, 1982 Published by Go For Broke, Inc. Richmond, CA Distributed by JACP, Inc., San Mateo, CA Printed by Turner Printing Company, Oakland, CA Catalog Card #: 81-84167 I can Never Forget: Men of teh 100th/442nd
Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th and 442nd
Monte Cassino
Ambassadors in Arms: 100th Battalion Special Edition
Japanese Americans and World War II
Nisei: the Quiet American
Yankee Samurai
Puka Puka Parade
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When the Odds where Even: The Vosges Mountains Campaign
by Keith E. Bonn, Presidio Press, Novato, CA, 1994 Honor By Fire
The Americans--The Story of the 442nd Combat Team
Sons & Daughters of Los Angeles Chapter:
DON KOCHI from Los Angeles S&D chapter
Lost Battalions: Going for Broke in the
Japanese Eyes...American Heart.
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For some books you might have luck hunting them down at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble Bookstores. There are some other specialty book stores that also can look into ordering them. |
| "Honor
Bound A Personal Journey"
The National Japanese American Historical Society & KPIX 5 Television Order by phone at: 800-666-9970 (note: if the phone number is wrong write me an email so that I can change it.) Produced a documentary by Wendy Hanamura about the 100th/442nd RCT called "Honor Bound A Personal Journey". |
"Beyond
Barbed Wire"
The newest documentary that came out is called "Beyond Barbed Wire". It is currently being shown at Film Festivals in the United States. "Beyond Barbed Wire" features stories and memories of WWII recounted by JA who fought in a segregated unit to prove their loyalty to the U.S. Told by over 50 veterans and their families from California, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Hawaii, these stories begin with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, continue through ITaly and France, and build to the courageous rescue of the Texas "Lost Battalion" in northern France. Narrated by Noriyuki "Pat" Morita.
Website: www.beyondbarbedwire.com To purchase a copy of this film send a check or money order to: Beyond Barbed Wire c/o Cypress Garden Nursery 590 Perry Lane Monterey, CA 93940 VHS cassette
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| "Go
for Broke"
Hollywood made a film about the 442nd called "Go for Broke", starring Van Johnson with supporting roles by actual members of the Unit. This movie can be found on Amazon.com website or you can
look into ordering from Video stores in your area on special order.
"Most
Decorated: The Nisei Soldier"
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"Yankee
Samurai: Little Iron Men"
From MPI Home Video a documentary called "Yankee Samurai: Little Iron Men"Approx. 50 min., Color and B&W film1 SBN 1-55607-135-3 Pretty good video with interviews of a few members of the 442nd including Chester Tanaka. Some shots filmed in the city of Bruyeres. There is a video club called Fusion Video that carries
it. I believe they have a web site, too.
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