![]() 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 is considered to be the most decorated infantry regiment in the history of the United States Army. The 442nd was a self-sufficient force, and fought with uncommon distinction in Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd, beginning in 1944, fought primarily in Europe during World War II. ![]() The 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army was a regimental size fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese descent who fought in World War II, despite the fact many of their families were subject to internment. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team hiking up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, in late 1944. 679th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Colored).600th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm).599th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).598th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).597th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm).473rd Infantry Regiment (Feb 1945 – May 1945). ![]() ![]() 442nd Infantry Regiment (Nisei) (April 1945–).366th Infantry Regiment (Nov 1944 – Feb 1945). ![]()
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