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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.
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.
100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team: Single-handedly attacked two machine guns before smothering a grenade blast with his body [23] Kiyoshi Muranaga * Army: Private First Class: June 26, 1944: near Suvereto, Italy: 442nd Regimental Combat Team: Engaged an artillery gun alone, using a mortar [22] Masato Nakae * Army: Private
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]
Nisei soldiers of WWI's 442nd Regimental Combat Team reflect ... approximately 33,000 Japanese American soldiers served in the U.S. Army during World War II. ... including the 100th Infantry ...
The final rescue attempt was made by the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated unit composed of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans). The 442nd had been given a period of rest after heavy fighting to liberate Bruyères and Biffontaine , but General Dahlquist called them back early to relieve the beleaguered 2nd and 3rd Battalions ...
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.
The 100th saw heavy combat during World War II, starting in September 1943 and continuing after being attached as a battalion of the Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) in June 1944. The 100th Infantry Battalion joined the 442nd RCT at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in April 1943 for a year of infantry training.