The Making of We Are American Soldiers

In honor of Veteran’s Day, we are pleased to present an encore viewing of Katie and Gregg Porter’s, The Making of “We Are American Soldiers,”  a short documentary film capturing the stories of Chinese Americans who served this country during World War II, only to return home to face discrimination. We Are American Soldiers tells one man’s story of immigrating to America, being drafted for the war, and serving with the 407th Air Service Squadron – an all Chinese American unit, of the 14th Air Services Group in the China, Burma, India (CBI) theater. As with many soldiers, the friendships he made during the war played an important role throughout his life. The film and Q & A discussion with Katie and Gregg Porter originally aired in 2020, and is normally accessible to our CFHG members only. It will be available to view for a limited time for all our constituents.

Key Moments

0:00-38:00 Introduction and Background Information

38:00- 1:13 We are Americans Documentary

1:14- 2:07 : Question and Answer