is a 1951 black-and-white war film directed by Robert Pirosh,[2] produced by Dore Schary and starring Van Johnson and six veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

The film dramatizes the real-life story of the 442nd, which was composed of Nisei (second-generation Americans born of Japanese parents) soldiers.

As with his earlier film script for Battleground, in which Van Johnson also starred, writer-director Robert Pirosh[2] focuses on the average squad member, mixing humor with pathos, while accurately detailing equipment and tactics used by American infantry in World War II.

[6] In 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, the newly commissioned Lt. Michael Grayson reports for duty to train the 442nd, a unit established on the US mainland and composed of Nisei.

On the march to the front lines, Grayson gets left behind when fraternizing with a signorina, but he is not found by the colonel because his platoon has covered for him during an inspection of their positions.

[10] The film includes archive footage of General Mark Clark and President Harry Truman presenting the unit citation.