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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 ...
Table of organization and equipment of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in 1944. In 1939, the US Army formally switched from the square division to the triangular division, eliminating the brigade and leaving the regiment as the basic combat subunit of a division.
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 ...
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 ...
Kuroda volunteered to join the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland. [2] On October 20, 1944, Kuroda was serving as a staff sergeant in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Munemori was a private first class in the United States Army, in Company A, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team. [5] For his actions, when the 442nd was part of the 92d Infantry Division, he was the only Japanese American to be awarded the Medal of Honor during or immediately after World War II. [6]
Otani joined the US Army in February 1942, [5] and volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team. [6] This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland. [7] On July 15, 1944, Otani was serving as a staff sergeant in Company G of the all volunteer Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat ...