442nd Regimental Combat Team

The 100th Infantry Battalion began as part of the Hawaii National Guard. On June 5, 1942, 1,432 men left Hawaii for training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and later at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The 100th shipped out to North Africa on August 23, 1943, and saw heavy action in Italy. Because of its heavy casualties and many honors, the 100th became known as the "Purple Heart Battalion." The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was initially formed in 1943 from Japanese American volunteers from Hawaii and the mainland. Perhaps not surprisingly, only about 1,250 Japanese Americans volunteered from the concentration camps. In Hawaii, where there was no mass removal, almost 10,000 volunteered. The 442nd arrived in Italy in June 1944 where the battle-tested 100th Infantry Battalion became its 1st Battalion. In seven major campaigns, the 442nd became the most decorated unit for its size and length of service; the unit suffered 9,476 casualties, more than 300 percent of its original strength.

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Five Japanese American soldiers (ddr-densho-201-373)
img Five Japanese American soldiers (ddr-densho-201-373)
Caption on front: "Pete Matsushige Cal., Laverne Kurahara Los Angeles Cal., Stanley Fujiki Honolulu, HI, Ken Otsuka Walnut Grove, Calif., Sam Fujii."
Masao Sakagami visiting the Florence American Cemetery (ddr-densho-201-784)
img Masao Sakagami visiting the Florence American Cemetery (ddr-densho-201-784)
Caption in album: "Aug. 19, 1946 / Castelfiorentino, Italy / Hisashi (WA) & Masaru Tamura."
Soldiers and women outside a bar (ddr-densho-201-63)
img Soldiers and women outside a bar (ddr-densho-201-63)
Two Japanese American soldiers posed with a woman outside a bar. Another woman looks on from the doorway.
Soldier (ddr-densho-201-517)
img Soldier (ddr-densho-201-517)
Caption in album: "Leo Morishita 'Sparks' / Nevada."
img "Leghorn Italy 'Paramount Theatre'" (ddr-densho-201-237)
Caption on front: "Leghorn [a.k.a. Livorno] Italy 'Paramount Theatre.' Went to see movie in Leghorn by the dirty canal. Kids swam in it."
Soldier (ddr-densho-201-491)
img Soldier (ddr-densho-201-491)
Caption on album: "Takashi Okamoto / California."
Soldiers watching dolphins (ddr-densho-201-819)
img Soldiers watching dolphins (ddr-densho-201-819)
Soldiers on a ship taking them back to the United States.
Man in military uniform outside a tent (ddr-densho-201-38)
img Man in military uniform outside a tent (ddr-densho-201-38)
Man in military uniform outside a tent. Street sign behind reads "12 Street."
Soldier in front of tents (ddr-densho-201-534)
img Soldier in front of tents (ddr-densho-201-534)
Caption in album: "'Chick' Kawata / Idaho Fall [sic], Idaho."
Two soldiers standing in a field (ddr-densho-201-59)
img Two soldiers standing in a field (ddr-densho-201-59)
Two Japanese American soldiers standing in a field. Caption on reverse: "Kengo Otsuka, Osamu Fujii."
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