[DOCUMENTARY] Formed by the U.S. Army using immigrants and their sons in the days following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments fought to liberate their homeland during World War II. Navy submarines even landed one of the Regiments’ units into the Philippines to act as spies and commandos. This documentary, narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips, shows for the first time the sacrifices these men made to rid their old country of Japanese imperial aggression. The film premiered at the 2002 Hawai’i International Film Festival where it won the Hawai’i Film and Videomaker Award. [ANTHONY PIGNATARO]
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