The 442nd: has a movie been made?

[Dr T Non-Fan]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...fleming/061110

Just reading this and other stories about the 442nd and their families, and I was wondering why a movie hasn't been made (or brought to my attention).
For a true story, there wouldn't be much need for embellishment. (I found a couple of documentaries on IMDB.)

I went through an exhibit at the Smithsonian about 15 years ago about the 442nd. I was very moved by it.

[Chubbs]

Going for broke. Its a 1950's move about the 442nd

Also, Mr Miyagi won the Medal of Honor while serving with the 442 in the Karate Kid movies. Interestingly enough, only one medal of honor was awared to the 442. But in 2000, the Pres awarded 21 more to men who served in that regiment.


*MUNEMORI, SADAO S.

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A,

100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Combat Team. Place and date: Near Seravezza, Italy, 5 April 1945. Entered service at: Los Angeles, Calif Birth: Los Angeles, Calif. G.O. No.. 24, 7 March 1946. Citation: He fought with great gallantry and intrepidity near Seravezza, Italy. When his unit was pinned down by grazing fire from the enemy's strong mountain defense and command of the squad devolved on him with the wounding of its regular leader, he made frontal, l-man attacks through direct fire and knocked out 2 machineguns with grenades Withdrawing under murderous fire and showers of grenades from other enemy emplacements, he had nearly reached a shell crater occupied by 2 of his men when an unexploded grenade bounced on his helmet and rolled toward his helpless comrades. He arose into the withering fire, dived for the missile and smothered its blast with his body. By his swift, supremely heroic action Pfc. Munemori saved 2 of his men at the cost of his own life and did much to clear the path for his company's victorious advance.

[Dr T Non-Fan]

Interestingly enough, you put me on a search. Pat Morita was in a TV movie in 1976 called "Farewell to Manzanar." There might have been some mention of the 442nd in that. He was interned in Arizona.

[Sylune]

http://www.onlythebravemovie.com/

http://starbulletin.com/2005/01/09/news/story3.html

Movie honors legacy of 442nd
"Only the Brave" is praised by vets for its Asian-American focus

Some came aided by canes. Others had to lean on the shoulders of their children.

They came to see the first Hollywood movie in 53 years about the exploits of the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

An earlier movie of the 100th and 442nd -- composed mainly of second-generation Japanese Americans -- was told from a Caucasian point of view.

This time, the movie -- "Only the Brave" -- is seen through the eyes of Japanese Americans who volunteered from the plantations of Hawaii and from behind barbed wire fences surrounding mainland internment camps to fight in Europe to prove their loyalty.
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