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442nd Regimental Combat Team
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/442nd_Regimental_Combat_Team
GPTKB entity
Statements (56)
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
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