USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 442nd Infantry Regiment (Japanese: 442) was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who fought in World War II.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 442nd Regimental Combat Team included the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 232nd Combat Engineer Company, 206th Army Ground Force Band, Antitank Company, Cannon Company, Service Company, medical detachment, headquarters companies, and three infantry battalions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American unit, is remembered today for its brave actions in World War II. Despite the odds, the 442nd’s actions distinguished them as the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the US military.

Detailed explanation-4: -With their battle cry, “Go for Broke!” they fought in eight major campaigns in Italy, France, and Germany, but accomplished their greatest victory in their rescue of the “Lost Battalion” in Southern France. The regiment lost more than 800 troops as they liberated 211 men of the Texan Lost Battalion.