Why was the 442nd Regimental Combat Team unique among US Army units?
Answer
It was composed of Japanese American soldiers — many whose families were interned in camps — and became the most decorated US Army unit for its size and length of service
Did You Know?
The 442nd earned over 18,000 individual decorations. They rescued the Lost Battalion of Texas soldiers in the Vosges Mountains in 1944. Their motto was Go for Broke. Many fought bravely for a country that had imprisoned their families.