The infantry regiment featured in the 2006 film directed by an entertainment professional began in 1944. This director was a participant in the Kearny Street Workshop.
Only the Brave is a 2006 independent film about the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated World War II fighting unit primarily made up of "Nisei" Japanese Americans, which for its size and length of service became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. 
 Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany. 
 In 2005 he directed the independent feature film, "Only the Brave", a fictional account of the rescue of the Lost Battalion by the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American fighting unit during World War II. 
 Notable participants include author and Asian American studies scholar Russell Leong, playwright and author Jessica Hagedorn, author Janice Mirikitani, poet and historian Al Robles, and actor and filmmaker Lane Nishikawa. 
