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"Three Stripes in the Sun" was made by Columbia Pictures in 1955. This movie is based on the true story of Hugh O'Reilly and how the long relationship between the 27th US Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds" and the Holy Family Home orphanage in Osaka, Japan began. There is an original script to the movie on display in the regimental museum.

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Hugh O'Reilly - Aldo Ray
Colonel - Philip Carey
CPL Muhlendorf - Dick York
Yuko - Mitsuko Kimura
Idaho - Chuck Connors
Father Yoshida - Henry Okawa
Konoya - Tatsuo Saito
Satsumi - Tamao Nakamura

 

 

 

 

This page last updated on Wednesday, January 12, 2005

 

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