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In World War II, the then-primarily Nisei battalion was composed largely of former members of the Hawaii Army National Guard and trained at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin from June 1942 to January 1943.The 100th Infantry Battalion went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi in January 1943 for advanced training and left for overseas in August 1943.
The 442nd Infantry Regiment (Japanese: 第442歩兵連隊) 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.
On 23 July 1918, the War Department directed the organization of the 100th Division at Camp Bowie, Texas.Plans called for the division to include a headquarters, headquarters troop, the 199th Infantry Brigade (397th and 398th Infantry Regiments and 374th Machine Gun Battalion), 200th Infantry Brigade (399th and 400th Infantry Regiments and 375th Machine Gun Battalion), 373rd Machine Gun ...
Hasemoto volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion. [6] This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii. [7] He was killed while repelling an attack against numerically superior German forces. For his actions in November 1943, he was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. [8]
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]
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.
Ohata volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion. which was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii. [5] He was originally awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. [6] According to the story he shared with his brother, "[H]e held a hill by himself and a lot of people died except him.
Nakae volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 100th Infantry Battalion. [4] This army unit was mostly made up of Japanese Americans from Hawaii. [5] For his actions in August 1944, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. [6]