HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Elsie Higa Yoshimura holds onto a photo of her dad and her mom very close to her heart.

Her dad, Thomas Taro Higa, was part of the Japanese-American contingent of soldiers from the 100th Battalion, part of the “Go For Broke” 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

She is sharing her dad’s story during World War II for a new film called “The 100th: Seeds of Aloha.”

“I really feel that they did so much in terms of sacrificing so many of them with the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives,” Yoshimura said.

Yoshimura and many other descendants of 100th Battalion soldiers were invited by film-maker Steve Sue to share what their dads went through. They faced racial prejudice back home after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, yet they fought valiantly abroad, sharing the spirit of Al

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