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The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army.The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history, [4] and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II.
The 100th Battalion/442nd Infantry Regiment has maintained an alignment with the active 25th Infantry Division since a reorganization in 1972. This alignment has resulted in the 100th's mobilization for combat duty in the Vietnam War and the Iraq War .
Of the 24 Asian-American awardees, 21 earned the Medal while serving with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team or its component unit, the 100th Infantry Battalion, making the 442nd the most decorated regiment-sized unit of the war. [19] Only two Asian-American officers received the Medal of Honor during World War II: [n 2] Captain Francis B. Wai ...
The Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, a French Army penal military unit, depicted in battle during the French conquest of Algeria in 1833. A penal military unit, also known as a penal formation, disciplinary unit, or just penal unit (usually named for their formation and size, such as penal battalion for battalions, penal regiment for regiments, penal company for companies, etc.), is a ...
He went on to serve in the mainly Japanese American 442nd Infantry Regiment, [160] and he was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at the Battle of Anzio. [161] The only Korean American to be awarded that medal during the war, [162] he also received a Silver Star and Purple Heart for actions earlier in the ...
The 100th Battalion/442nd Infantry Regiment has maintained an alignment with the active 25th Infantry Division since a reorganization in 1972. This alignment has resulted in the 100th's mobilization for combat duty in the Vietnam War and the Iraq War .
244th Infantry Division. 933rd Grenadier Regiment; 716th Infantry Division. 736th Grenadier Regiment; 202nd Mountain Battalion. 198th Fusilier Battalion: Strength; 141st Regiment 275 soldiers 442nd Regiment 2,943 soldiers: unknown: Casualties and losses; 141st Regiment 64 killed/wounded/missing and captured. 442nd Regiment 800 casualties: unknown
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]