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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Tosh Tanemura and Masao Sakagami at Rockefeller Center (ddr-densho-201-776)
img Tosh Tanemura and Masao Sakagami at Rockefeller Center (ddr-densho-201-776)
Caption in album: "Tosh Tanemura (Seattle), Me [Masao Sakagami] / Top of Rockefellow [sic] Bld. 'Central Park.'"
Masao Sakagami with German Army dog (ddr-densho-201-546)
img Masao Sakagami with German Army dog (ddr-densho-201-546)
Caption in album: "All-rus & me [Masao Sakagami] / German Army dog."
Two dogs on a barrel (ddr-densho-201-378)
img Two dogs on a barrel (ddr-densho-201-378)
Caption on front: "Menton. Busu Le Pet Co. Dog. [Akira] Washio took one home."
Panoramic view of Lecco, Italy (ddr-densho-201-302)
img Panoramic view of Lecco, Italy (ddr-densho-201-302)
Caption on front: "Lecco - Veduta panoramica [Lecco - panoramic view]." Caption in album: "July & Aug 1945 442nd & 100th took break in Lecco - went swimming - saw boxing and USO show in Milan."
Soldiers getting autographs from actress Marilyn Hare (ddr-densho-201-156)
img Soldiers getting autographs from actress Marilyn Hare (ddr-densho-201-156)
Soldiers getting autographs from actress Marilyn Hare. Caption on reverse: "Marilon [sic] Hare."
Soldier (ddr-densho-201-483)
img Soldier (ddr-densho-201-483)
Caption in album: "Geo. Pete Masushige / California."
Group of soldiers (ddr-densho-201-527)
img Group of soldiers (ddr-densho-201-527)
Back row, left to right: Fujimori, Fujii, Yoshimura, Arakaki, Asada, Abe, Hongo. Front row, left to right: Ezuka, Watanabe, Otsuka, Shiroya, Okamoto.
Japanese American and white soldiers on a bridge (ddr-densho-201-41)
img Japanese American and white soldiers on a bridge (ddr-densho-201-41)
Four white soldiers and one Japanese American soldier in uniform, standing on a bridge.
Combat silhouette (ddr-densho-201-28)
img Combat silhouette (ddr-densho-201-28)
Silhouette of a man in combat gear standing in a watchtower surrounded by barbed wire fencing. Location and date unknown.
Soldiers onboard a ship (ddr-densho-201-190)
img Soldiers onboard a ship (ddr-densho-201-190)
Soldiers onboard a ship in Lake Lucerne, Switzerland. Caption on reverse: "Lucerne 'See' (Lake), Jan-2, 1945."
Soldiers going home (ddr-densho-201-650)
img Soldiers going home (ddr-densho-201-650)
Caption in album: "442nd going home / June, 1946 / 'Blackie' Kem Muramoto.'"
Soldiers beside a military grave (ddr-densho-201-92)
img Soldiers beside a military grave (ddr-densho-201-92)
Two Japanese American soldiers crouched beside a military grave with flowers.
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