The Flying Tigers were sent by President Franklin Roosevelt before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, drew the United States into the war.
Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam. They never made it. Their airplane disappeared between Guam and the Philippines.
"Facing the Mountain" portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.