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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 291st Engineer Combat Battalion was one of the most decorated engineer combat battalions of the United States Army during World War II, [1] playing notable roles both in the Battle of Bulge and the Rhine river crossing at Remagen.
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, [4] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.
It is the most highly decorated regiment in ... During World War II they fought ... The SP-MAGTF is composed of 2,300 Marines from Headquarters Company, 5th Marine ...
Soldiers of the I Company, 394th Infantry Regiment near Bad Honningen in March 1945, fighting to expand the bridgehead east of the Ludendorff Bridge on the Rhine. The 394th Infantry Regiment was established on 23 July 1918 as the 394th Infantry and assigned to the 99th Division as a member of the National Army. It was demobilized on 30 November ...
Today, we’re looking at America’s most decorated submarine from WW2, the USS Tang. Construction. The USS Tang is under construction in a photo captured on July 1, 1943.
Quote: [Nearly a century later,] "the "Remember Pearl Harbor" 100th Infantry Battalion, and the "Go For Broke" 442d Regimental Combat Team is still the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. Members of this World War II unit earned over 18,000 individual decorations including over 4,000 Purple Hearts, and 21 Medals of Honor.
World War II Tank Battalion Structure - November 1944. The 70th Tank Battalion followed the standard organization of a U.S. medium tank battalion during World War II. [4] It consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Service Company, three medium tank companies (Companies A, B, and C) and a light tank company (Company D).