Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: *** THIS POWERFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING FILM CHRONICLES THE COMPELLING EVENTS IIN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF WWII, FROM THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR IN 1941 TO THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF JAPAN IN 1945. IT DEPICTS THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE OF AMERICA'S YOUTH, WHILE EXAMINING HOW THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMENB DEALT WITH BEING THRUST INTO A BRUTAL WORLD WAR. *** THE FILM INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH WAR VETERANS, BOTH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE, FROM ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY. IT FEATURES TESTIMONY FROM MEDICS, NURSES, DOG HANDLERS, AS WELL AS JAPANESE-AMERICANS WHO WERE IMPRISONED AT INTERNMENT CAMPS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FILM ALO INCLUDES A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF THE TRAGIC IMPACT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPANESE CITIZENS. AMONG THE VETERANS WHO APPEAR IS ZENJI ABE, A JAPANESE VETERAN WHO FLEW THE MISSION TO BOMB PEARL HARBOR, AND RETIRED GENERAL PAUL TIBBETS WHO FLEW THE MISSION TO BOMB HIROSHIMA. ***