The 442nd RCT and 100th Battalion earned 18,142 individual decorations for valor. The numbers below denote how many medals they were awarded. The deed performed must display personal bravery or self sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his comrades and must have involved risk of life.
Incontestable proof is required.
33 Distinguished Service Cross Awarded for extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor. The act or acts must have involved risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from his or her fellow soldiers. Nineteen previously awarded Distinguished Service Crosses have been upgraded to the Medal of Honor. 559 Silver Star Awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy. The required gallantry, while of a lesser degree than that required for the Distinguished Service Cross, must have been performed with remarked distinction.