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Home of the Brave (1949) was a Drama - War Film directed by Mark Robson and produced by Stanley Kramer and Robert Stillman.

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The poem recited by Sergeant Mingo (Frank Lovejoy) was 'The Coward to Edwards' (1943) by Eve Mirriam.
The piece of music heard when the troop escapes from the Japanese force is "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (aka "Motherless Child"), a traditional Negro spiritual music piece but a choral rendition by composer Dimitri Tiomkin.
The African-American character in this film was originally a Jewish character in the original source play by Arthur Laurents. The 'Variety' review for this film noted that the change was due to the anti-semitism theme being close to having been overdone in films.
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