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President Truman and other dignitaries saluting the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team is the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare. [4] [71] The 4,000 men who initially came in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 10,000 men served ...
442nd Regimental Combat Team: Repeatedly exposed himself to intense fire to treat and evacuate wounded men [22] Yukio Okutsu: Army: Technical Sergeant: April 7, 1945: Mount Belvedere, Italy: 442nd Regimental Combat Team: Single-handedly silenced three machine gun positions [22] Frank H. Ono * Army: Private First Class: July 4, 1944: near ...
Go For Broke! is a 1951 black-and-white war film directed by Robert Pirosh, [2] produced by Dore Schary and starring Van Johnson and six veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The film co-stars Henry Nakamura, Warner Anderson, and Don Haggerty in its large cast.
Roughly 18,000 of these Nisei — or second-generation Japanese Americans — soldiers formed the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which would become the most decorated military unit for its size and ...
Young-Oak Kim (Korean: 김영옥; 1919 – December 29, 2005) was a United States Army officer during World War II and the Korean War and a civic leader and humanitarian. He was a member of the U.S. 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and a combat leader in Italy and France during World War II.
Apr. 8—The gratitude and aloha that grew between citizens of Bruyeres, France, and the veterans of the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team is still going strong 80 years after the Hawaii-born ...
The Varsity Victory Volunteers (Japanese: 大学勝利奉仕団, [3] [4] Daigaku Shōri Hōshidan) was a civilian sapper unit composed of Japanese-Americans from Hawaii.The VVV was a major stepping stone in the creation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which would end up becoming the most decorated regiment in United States armed forces history.
He volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was assigned to 3rd platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion. [6] The US Army unit was mostly made up of Americans of Japanese descent from Hawaii and the mainland. [7] Sakato was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) [8] for extraordinary heroism on October 29, 1944 ...