Overview
- Summary
- The story of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit composed of Asian-American soldiers that helped liberate Dachau. It's also the story of two peoples--Jews and Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJAs)--who both experienced government sanctioned oppression, racism & prejudice during World War II. Former AJA soldiers & Jewish survivors now living in Hawaii share their personal memories of that era.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Limited, 1993
- Notes
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Directors, Judy Weightman and Ryan Sexton ; producers, Judy Weightman and Wayne Weightman.
Narrated by Ed Asner.
VHS.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans. Japanese American soldiers. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Japanese Americans--History--20th century. Video recordings. United States.--Army.--Regimental Combat Team, 442nd. United States.--Army.--Regimental Combat Team, 100th.
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- 2024-06-21 14:33:00
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