The 442nd Regimental Combat Team ; Color Guard of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
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The true story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team The new unit would be designated the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, but would go down in history based upon the unit's motto:
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The motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was “go for broke.” It’s a gambling term that means risking everything on one great effort to win big. The soldiers of the 442nd needed to win big. They were Nisei - American-born sons of Japanese immigrants.
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You must have the Flash plugin to view this. Please visit www.adobe.com to download the plugin View veteran interviews from the; Oral History Video Archive View a clip from the documentary; "A Tradition of Honor"
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In January 1943, the US War Department announced the formation of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) made up of Nisei volunteers from Hawai'i and the mainland.
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442nd Regimental Combat Team Historical Society Homepage The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was an infantry regiment in the United States Army comprised of Americans of Japanese ancestry. The 442nd fought in Italy and France during World War II against the German Army of Hitler's Third Reich.
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Feb. 1, 1943 The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated all-Nisei unit, was activated. A call for volunteers yielded vastly different results in Hawaii than on the mainland: some ten thousand Hawaii Nisei volunteered within days, while only 1,256 mainland Nisei came forward from the camps.
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