[DOC] [TLE] 442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States 
Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed 
almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World 
War II. ... When the War Department called for the removal of all soldiers of 
Japanese... [DOC] [TLE] 100th Infantry Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia [PAR] The 100th Infantry Battalion is the only combat arms unit in the United States 
Army Reserve. In World War II, the then-primarily Nisei battalion was composed 
largely of ... The unit was unofficially nicknamed the "Purple Heart Battalion", with 
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on... [DOC] [TLE] Nisei 'Purple Heart Battalion' Earns Place in History - 100th Infantry ... [PAR] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, no unit in WWII had more to prove to a wary 
... Japanese-Americans) who made up the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (
RCT). ... unit to 521 men, thus earning its famed nickname, Purple Heart 
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100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II. [DOC] [TLE] 100th Infantry Battalion | Densho Encyclopedia [PAR] The 100th Infantry Battalion, initially made up almost entirely of Japanese ... the 
first group of Japanese Americans to see combat during World War II. ... The 
100th eventually became a part of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team. 
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Battalion. [DOC] [TLE] APUSH Ch. 35 - WWII Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] What ethnic race of people were confined in America during WWII? ... Purple 
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Axis Powers Japanese-American units were created in the Army. ... it suffered 
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President Roosevelt had called for the formation of a new military unit, composed 
.... During the "Purple Heart Battalion's" first combat campaign, the soldiers of the 
442nd... [DOC] [TLE] Japanese American Soldiers will receive Congressional gold medal ... [PAR] Oct 6, 2011 ... More than 1500 Japanese American representatives, including ... The three-day 
event, with speeches and presentations at the World War II Memorial, U.S. 
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of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team made up of Nisei... [DOC] [TLE] History in a Minute - Go For Broke National Education Center ... [PAR] The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) was a US Army regiment made up 
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their .... the nickname of "The Purple Heart Battalion" because of the many 
casualties... [DOC] [TLE] Japanese American units of World War II - National Park Service [PAR] In World War II, these units were made up primarily of AJAs:  100 th ... earned 
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Question: Nicknamed the "Purple Heart Battalion", WWII's 442nd Regiment was made up of Americans of this ethnicity
Answer: Japanese