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This is Purple Heart warriors, an original six part drama series inspired by real events.
From the BBC World Service episode Three True Americans members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, including the new newly trained 2nd and 3rd Infantry Battalions assembled on May 1, 1944 to board ships headed to an unknown destination.
Unbeknownst to them, a smaller group of Japanese Americans, some of them relatives of the men in the 442nd, were already fighting overseas and waiting to join with them.
These were former members of the Hawaii National Guard, designated as the 100th Battalion.
Having already proven their mettle, they paved the way for more Japanese Americans to enlist.
Our story continues in Hampton Rhodesport, Virginia.
May 1944.
Listen up boys.
You will not ask me where we are headed.
You will not ask me how long we will be on the ship.
You are doing your patriotic duty and fighting for America.
And that's all that matters.
File up in alphabetical order.
The checker will call your last name and you will step forward and answer with your first name.
Then you will board the ship with your packs.
You know those nightmares where you know you're in a dream but you can't wake up?