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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Hotel Krone in Donauworth, Germany (ddr-densho-22-25)
img Hotel Krone in Donauworth, Germany (ddr-densho-22-25)
Caption in album: "Hotel Krone. Shortly after the war here in Nonauworth in Bayern County Germany in the Hotel Krone we lived patroling the town by the headquarters [?] for almost half a year."
Soldier holding his Coca Cola ration (ddr-densho-22-22)
img Soldier holding his Coca Cola ration (ddr-densho-22-22)
Caption in album: "This is the first Coca Cola ration we had shortly after the war."
Order to report for induction (ddr-densho-22-90)
doc Order to report for induction (ddr-densho-22-90)
Clarence Matsumura's order to report for induction into the Army.
Mitsugi Kudo (ddr-densho-22-161)
img Mitsugi Kudo (ddr-densho-22-161)
Caption on reverse: "Mitsugi Kudo / Mar. '43."
442nd Regimental Combat Team plaque (ddr-densho-22-28)
img 442nd Regimental Combat Team plaque (ddr-densho-22-28)
Caption in album: "This plaque was presented to the 442nd for their rescue of the Lost Battalion of World War II."
442nd soldiers cooking C rations (ddr-densho-22-31)
img 442nd soldiers cooking C rations (ddr-densho-22-31)
Caption in album: "At times chow wasn't so good as we got our share of 'C' rations most often. Breakfast, dinner, supper day after day. But when you work hard you get hungry and when you are hungry you can eat anything. Here we heat up a C ration in our mess gear. On the rear …
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