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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.
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.
The 369th Infantry Regiment, originally formed as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment before it was re-organized as the 369th upon its federalization, and commonly referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I and World War II. The regiment mainly consisted of ...
7th Cavalry Regiment; 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts) 32nd Cavalry Regiment; 33rd Armor Regiment; 60th Coast Artillery; 71st Cavalry Regiment; 89th Infantry Regiment (United States) 147th Field Artillery Regiment; 251st Coast Artillery Regiment (United States) 341st Engineer General Service Regiment; 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment
The 394th Infantry Regiment's Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon under the command of Lieutenant Lyle Bouck became the most decorated American unit of World War II due to the actions of the eighteen men of the platoon while fighting [2] [3] in the Battle of Lanzerath Ridge during the Battle of the Bulge. [4]
On 23 July 1918, the War Department directed the organization of the 99th Division at Camp Wheeler, Georgia.Plans called for the division to include a headquarters, headquarters troop, the 197th Infantry Brigade (393rd and 394th Infantry Regiments and 371st Machine Gun Battalion), 198th Infantry Brigade (395th and 396th Infantry Regiments and 372nd Machine Gun Battalion), 370th Machine Gun ...
The 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd IR), previously titled the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd PIR), is an infantry regiment of the United States Army.The regiment was established shortly after U.S. entry into World War II, and was assigned as a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, "The Screaming Eagles", one of the most decorated formations of the U.S. Army.
This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.