U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Army_442nd_Regimental_Combat_Team

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:awards	21 Medals of Honor 8 Presidential Unit Citations over 18,000 awards in less than two years over 4,000 Purple Hearts
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decorations	most decorated unit for its size and length of service in U.S. military history
gptkbp:disbanded	1946
gptkbp:formed	1943
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Camp_Shelby,_Mississippi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team
gptkbp:motto	Go for Broke
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Go_for_Broke_Regiment
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Colonel_Charles_W._Pence gptkb:Colonel_Virgil_R._Miller
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Italian_Campaign gptkb:Rescue_of_the_Lost_Battalion gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
gptkbp:notableFor	composed almost entirely of second-generation Japanese American soldiers (Nisei)
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Yukio_Okutsu gptkb:Barney_Hajiro gptkb:Francis_B._Wai gptkb:George_Sakato gptkb:George_T._Sakato gptkb:Hajime_Kinoshita gptkb:Hiroshi_H._Miyamura gptkb:James_K._Okubo gptkb:James_Okubo gptkb:Joe_Hayashi gptkb:Joe_M._Nishimoto gptkb:Kaoru_Moto gptkb:Kazuo_Otani gptkb:Kiyoshi_K._Muranaga gptkb:Kiyoshi_Muranaga gptkb:Masato_Nakae gptkb:Mikio_Hasemoto gptkb:Robert_T._Kuroda gptkb:Saburo_Tanamachi gptkb:Sadao_Munemori gptkb:Shinyei_Nakamine gptkb:Shizuya_Hayashi gptkb:Spark_Matsunaga gptkb:Ted_T._Tanouye gptkb:Ted_Tanouye gptkb:William_Kenzo_Nakamura gptkb:William_Nakamura gptkb:Yeiki_Kobashigawa Daniel Inouye
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:36th_Infantry_Division_(Texas_Division)
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:100th_Infantry_Battalion
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Medal_of_Honor
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4