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The members of the 442nd were mostly played by\n  \n   Nisei\n  \n  veterans. Producer and MGM studio head Dore Schary would produce another film centered around bigotry aimed at Japanese Americans four years later,\n  \n\n    Bad Day at Black Rock\n   \n\n  (1955).","url_title":"Go for Broke! 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While on duty one day at the museum, he meets a woman with a young daughter and starts to give them a tour. The woman mentions that her grandfather had fought in the \"422\" and shows Clinton a picture of him on her phone. The picture sends Clinton back to the 1942, recalling his anger at the forced removal and later of serving in the\n  \n   442nd\n  \n  with the grandfather, who was killed in the\n  \n   rescue of the Lost Battalion\n  \n  . He takes her to visit the Go for Broke memorial, where they find his name on it. 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