442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team () of the United States Army was a regimental size fighting unit. It was composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese descent.  These men  volunteered to fight in World War II even though their families were subject to internment. The 442nd, beginning in 1944, fought primarily in Europe during World War II. The 442nd was a self-sufficient force. It fought with uncommon distinction in Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd is considered to be the most decorated infantry regiment in the history of the United States Army. The 442nd was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations and twenty-one of its members were awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team motto was, "Go for Broke".

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Other websites

Official sites
  22 Asian Americans Inducted into Hall of Heroes  (pentagon.mil)
 The "Go for Broke" Regiment Lives Duty, Honor, Country (defenselink.mil)

Resources
 Asian-Nation: 442nd RCT Rescue of the Lost Battalion
 Go For Broke National Education Center 
  The 442nd Regimental Combat Team 
 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry
 Hawaii Star Bulletin article on Hawaii Statehood passage 
 "U.S. Samurais in Bruyeres" by Pierre Moulin
 The Story of the 442nd Combat Team compiled by members of the 442nd Combat Team, Mitsuye Yamada papers, Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, via Calisphere.
 "From a Quiet American, a Story of War and Remembrance". The New York Times. 16 August 2008.
 Medal of Honor recipient George Joe Sakato on Veterans Chronicles  produced by the
 Japanese American Veterans Collection , Archives & Manuscripts Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library

Media
 442-Live with Honor, Die with Dignity: Documentary Film 2010
 Valor with Honor: documentary film on the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team 
 ONLY THE BRAVE Official Movie Site
 The Official Website for upcoming movie LITTLE IRON MEN about the 442nd's rescue of the Lost Battalion 
 A Path to Lunch Liberation Day and the Liberation of America, the 442nd in Lunigiana and Versilia.

Organizations
 Americans of Japanese Ancestry World War II Memorial Alliance 
 WWII Japanese American Veterans' Registry 
 442nd Regimental Combat Team Historical Society
 442nd World War II Reenactors 
 Go For Broke National Education Center

Category:Congressional Gold Medal recipients