442nd Regimental Combat Team

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/442nd_Regimental_Combat_Team

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYears	1944–1946
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross gptkb:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal gptkb:Legion_of_Merit gptkb:Medal_of_Honor gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal gptkb:Army_Commendation_Medal gptkb:French_Croix_de_Guerre gptkb:Italian_Medal_for_Military_Valor gptkb:Soldier's_Medal gptkb:Distinguished_Unit_Citation 21 Medals of Honor 8 Presidential Unit Citations 9,486 Purple Hearts over 4,000 Bronze Star Medals over 560 Silver Stars
gptkbp:battle	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Southern_France_Campaign gptkb:Italian_Campaign gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:casualties	over 800 killed in action over 9,000 Purple Hearts awarded
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Colonel_Charles_W._Pence gptkb:Colonel_Virgil_R._Miller
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1946
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	Japanese American
gptkbp:formedIn	gptkb:Camp_Shelby,_Mississippi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	442nd Regimental Combat Team
gptkbp:motto	Go for Broke
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Go_for_Broke_Regiment
gptkbp:notable_campaign	gptkb:Po_Valley gptkb:Rhineland gptkb:Southern_France gptkb:Rome-Arno gptkb:Northern_Apennines
gptkbp:notableAction	gptkb:Rescue_of_the_Lost_Battalion
gptkbp:notableFor	most decorated unit for its size and length of service in U.S. military history composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei)
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:George_Sakato gptkb:Sadao_Munemori gptkb:Spark_Matsunaga Daniel Inouye
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:36th_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:U.S._Army_Reserve
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:100th_Infantry_Battalion
gptkbp:size	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Japanese_American_Nisei_soldiers gptkb:U.S._Army_100th_Infantry_Battalion gptkb:Go_For_Broke_Monument gptkb:Japanese_American
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5