Shades of "To Hell and Back", the Audie Murphy Story. Except this is the story of the most decorated unit in the Army and the members of the cast are all survivors of action. With the exception of the star of the show Van Johnson who...
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Shades of "To Hell and Back", the Audie Murphy Story. Except this is the story of the most decorated unit in the Army and the members of the cast are all survivors of action. With the exception of the star of the show Van Johnson who plays the Texan and officer put in charge of the Japanese unit before they leave for Europe. I saw the movie three times before I found out the guys were combat veterans in addition to acting the parts, they were very convincing in the parts. It was especially interesting to watch the officer played by Van Johnson grow as he first had disdain for the Nissei who he thought of as "Japs" at the beginning and by the end of the movie got into a fist fight with one of the other Texan G.I.s for using that term against his "Buddha-head" buddies. Even deferring decision-making responsibilities to the first officer promotied within tthe Japanese-American squad telling him "it's your call Sam."