In late October 1943, Japanese American soldiers in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team were ordered into the rugged Vosges Mountains in Eastern France.

Many of the soldiers in the 442nd had volunteered from stateside concentration camps where their families had been imprisoned after President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066.

Their mission was to reach roughly 275 National Guard members in the 36th Infantry's "Alamo Regiment" which had been cut off and surrounded by elite German fighting forces in the dense, foggy terrain.

After a brutal five-day running battle, I Company broke through the German lines and rescued 211 soldiers in "The Lost Battalion."

The cost was high.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team suffered more than 800 casualties.

I Company began the assault with 185 men.

Only eight men were left standing ...

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The story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and I COMPANY deserves to be told.

And, now is the time.

I COMPANY is Ikeibi Films first feature film project since completing KINTSUKUROI in 2024. That film has been featured in more than 100 community screenings and has raised more than $40,000 for churches, temples, community centers and Nikkei non-profits.

We are currently filming I COMPANY in locations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. It takes a village to complete a project of this scope and we hope you will see fit to contribute to the cause.

Thank for your consideration. We appreciate your help.