
92 minutes
5/4/1951
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time. The 442nd serve in Italy, then France, distinguishing themselves in skirmishes and battles; gradually and naturally, Grayson's prejudices evaporate with dawning realization that his men are better soldiers than he is.

Van Johnson
as Lt. Michael Grayson
Lane Nakano
as Sam
George Miki
as Chick
Akira Fukunaga
as Frank
Ken K. Okamoto
as Kaz
Henry Oyasato
as Ohhara
Harry Hamada
as Masami

Henry Nakamura
as Tommy

Warner Anderson
as Col. Charles W. Pence

Don Haggerty
as Sgt. Wilson I. Culley

Gianna Maria Canale
as Rosina

Dan Riss
as Capt. Solari

Richard Anderson
as Lieutenant

John Banner
as German Officer

Hugh Beaumont
as Chaplain

Jerry Fujikawa
as Communications Sergeant

Ann Codee
as Pianist

Edward Earle
as Dress Parade General
Louis Mercier
as French Farmer

Roger Moore
as Major

Walter Reed
as Captain
Robert Boon
as German Soldier
Josette Deegan
as French Girl (uncredited)
René de Loffre
as French Boy