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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.
The 442nd RCT was inactivated in Honolulu in 1946, but reactivated in 1947 in the U.S. Army Reserve. It was mobilized in 1968 to refill the Strategic Reserve during the Vietnam War, and carries on the honors and traditions of the unit. Today, the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry, is the only ground combat unit of the Army Reserve. [39]
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]
Because its numbers were so depleted, in June 1944 the battalion was attached to the 442nd and redesignated the “100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry.” Due to its outstanding record in military ...
An earlier version of this article misstated the number of Purple Hearts awarded to the 442nd and 100th Battalion soldiers. The more widely accepted number is 4,000, not 9,500.
The 2nd and 3rd Battalions shipped out on May 1, 1944, joining the 100th in Italy in June 1944. [9] These men arrived in Europe after the 100th Infantry Battalion had already established its reputation as a fighting unit, and in time, the 100th/442nd became, for its size and length of service, the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. [6]
U.S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD / JUNE 7 Army Sgt. Ratu Komaisavai, a sniper assigned to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, Echo Company, role-playing as opposing forces, fires blank ...
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.