The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.
The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.[3] The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (5 earned in one month).:201 Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor.[2] Its motto was "Go for Broke".
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team climb into a truck as they prepare to move their bivouac area, Oct. 14, 1944, Chambois sector, France.
442nd RCT MOH Recipients
Barney F. Hajiro
Joe Hayashi
Daniel Inouye
Robert T. Kuroda
Masato Nakae
William K. Nakamura
Joe M. Nishimoto
James K. Okubo
Yukio Okutsu
Frank H. Ono
George T. Sakato
Ted T. Tanouye
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese
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