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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442nd Regimental Combat Team (2911)

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442nd Regimental Combat Team, Mark W. Clark, Sadamitsu Neil Fujita, Go for Broke! (film), Stanley Hayami, Daniel Inouye, Mike Masaoka, Kazuo Masuda, Rescue of the Lost Battalion

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Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-331)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-331)
Articles on Japanese American soldiers from various newspapers including the Christian Science Monitor and the Minidoka Irrigator.
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-318)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-318)
Article titled: "Blind Nisei." From a scrapbook page titled "Nisei in the War - The European Theater." Newspaper unknown.
Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-322)
doc Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-322)
Three articles from the Pacific Citizen, one of which is titled War Correspondent Tells Story of Shortest Soldier in Army." Two articles from Time Magazine titled "Army & Navy" and "Soldier on Intolerance."
Newspaper article from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-319)
doc Newspaper article from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-319)
Newspaper article titled: "G.I. Japyank." Newspaper unknown.
Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-333)
doc Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-333)
Various articles from the Pacific Citizen and the Oregon Journal, one of which is titled "Work of Nisei Paramount in Defense."
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-390)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-390)
Newspaper clippings from the Seattle Times, one of which is titled "'Fight for Your Rights,' Wirin Tells JACL Group at Conference."
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-323)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-323)
One article from Pacific Citizen titled: "Hawaiian stars of 442nd Unit Give Exhibition in Milan." Three articles from the Minidoka Irrigator, one of which is titled "Japanese Americans Honor Fallen Comrades." From scrapbook page titled: "Nisei in Europe (cont'd)."
Scrapbook page:
doc Scrapbook page: "Is This Democracy?" (ddr-densho-35-404)
Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page, one of which is titled "Soldier Declares GIs Demand Working Rights for Nisei."
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-327)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-327)
Articles from the Oregonian, one of which is titled "Saved by Nisei."
Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-330)
doc Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-330)
Newspaper articles, one of which is titled "'We Fight for Our Rights,' Says Hunt Inductee." Newspaper unknown.
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-328)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-328)
Various newspaper articles on Japanese American soldiers, including one from Coronet Magazine titled: "Japanese Americans Fighting Valiantly in Italy Have Proved Their Loyalty With Blood." Other newspapers unknown.
Sunday Oregonian article (ddr-densho-35-335)
doc Sunday Oregonian article (ddr-densho-35-335)
Newspaper article from scrapbook page titled: "Frank Hayachida: He Was American at Birth - And at Death."
Scrapbook page:
doc Scrapbook page: "Nisei War Casualties" (ddr-densho-35-334)
This scrapbook page includes articles from the Pacific Citizen and the Minidoka Irrigator.
Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-324)
doc Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-324)
Various articles from the Oregon Journal, Army Times, and Pacific Citizen.
Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-236)
doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-236)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he talks about the press a Marine office gave about Nisei soldiers learning Japanese in Minnesota and using it in the Pacific theater, the announcement of the formation of 442nd/100th Battalion, a recent proposal to relocate Japanese Americans into Midwestern states in defense and agricultural jobs, …
The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 30 (August 2, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-9)
doc The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 30 (August 2, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-9)
Selected article titles: "Nation's Capital Honors 442nd" (p.1), "Rescue of Lost Battalion Hailed as Most Heroic Act" (p.1), "The Nisei Comes of Age" (p.2-3), "Top Generals Battled Over 442nd" (p.4).
The Nisei Weekender: 442nd Pictorial Supplement (ddr-densho-358-1)
doc The Nisei Weekender: 442nd Pictorial Supplement (ddr-densho-358-1)
Supplement of The Nisei Weekender highlighting the accomplishments of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 29 (July 11, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-8)
doc The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 29 (July 11, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-8)
Selected article titles: "Presidential Review: 442nd to March for Truman in Washington, July 15th" (p.1), "General Lauds 442nd Team at Camp Kilmer Reception" (p.1), "O-bon Services Honor War Dead" (p.3).
The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 28 (July 4, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-7)
doc The Nisei Weekender, Vol. 1, No. 28 (July 4, 1946) (ddr-densho-358-7)
Selected article titles: "Army Set to Honor 442nd, Plan Impressive Welcome for Famed Combat Team Expected to Arrive Today" (p.1, 4), "What Made them Great? A Former 441nd [sic] Man Tells What Kept Them Going" (p.1).
Funeral service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-36-1)
img Funeral service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-36-1)
This service for a Nisei soldier was held at the Seattle Buddhist Church.
Funeral service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-36-2)
img Funeral service for a Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-36-2)
Funeral service for a Nisei soldier at the Washelli Cemetery.
Arrivals to 442nd reunion in Hawaii (ddr-densho-363-81)
img Arrivals to 442nd reunion in Hawaii (ddr-densho-363-81)
Pat Kuroda attended the 442nd Regimental Combat Team 10th Anniversary Reunion in Hawaii from July 27th to July 31st, 1953.
Group photograph of 442nd reunion (ddr-densho-363-84)
img Group photograph of 442nd reunion (ddr-densho-363-84)
Pat Kuroda attended the 442nd Regimental Combat Team 10th Anniversary Reunion in Hawaii from July 27th to July 31st, 1953.
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