GO FOR BROKE! (1951)

This film dramatizes the real-life story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was composed of Nisei second-generation Japanese-American soldiers, 2/3 from Hawaii and 1/3 from the interment camps on the U.S. mainland . Fighting in Italy, France , and Germany in the European Theater of Operations, this unit became the most heavily decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the United States Army, as well as one of the units with the highest casualty rates. GO FOR BROKE! features Asian Americans in a positive light, highlighting the wartime efforts of Japanese Americans. They received eight presidential unit citations.