Honor & sacrifice : the Roy Matsumoto story / a film by Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers ; produced by Stourwater Pictures in association with the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community ; producer-director, Lucy Ostrander & Don Sellers ; cinematographer, editor & writer, Don Sellers.

This documentary focuses on the experiences of Roy Matsumoto, a Nisei who became a U.S. soldier and hero during World War II. He was born in California of Japanese parents, raised in Los Angeles and Japan, then, after returning to California, sent to the Jerome, Arkansas concentration camp as a res...

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Corporate Author: Stourwater Pictures
Other Authors: Sellers, Don (Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Editor of moving image work, director of photography,), Ostrander, Lucy (Producer, Director), Matsumoto, Karen (Narrator)
Language:English
Published: [Bainbridge Island, Wash. ] : Stourwater Pictures, [2013]
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Physical Description:1 videodisc (28 minutes) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Honor and sacrifice.
Roy Matsumoto story.
Japanese American hero in Merrill's Marauders.
Format: Video DVD
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This documentary focuses on the experiences of Roy Matsumoto, a Nisei who became a U.S. soldier and hero during World War II. He was born in California of Japanese parents, raised in Los Angeles and Japan, then, after returning to California, sent to the Jerome, Arkansas concentration camp as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and volunteered, along with other Nisei soldiers, to go to Burma as part of the U.S. military unit known as Merrill's Marauders. There they fought the Japanese army even though many of them still had families in Japan.
Note:Title from opening screen.
Call Number:D769.8.A6 H66 2013 VideoDVD
System Details:DVD format.
Cast:
Narrator, Karen Matsumoto.