What was the best U.S. Military Unit in WWII?
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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Nickname: 'The Purple Heart Battalion'
Motto: "Go for Broke"
There was one unit that stands out during World War II.
It was the 442nd Infantry Regiment with more than 15,000 awards and decorations, when the estimated number of men who served was 18,000.
Including:
21 Medals of Honor
29 Distinguished Service Crosses
1 Distinguished Service Medal
588 Silver Star Medals
22 Legion of Merit Medals
15 Soldier's Medals
5,200 Bronze Star Medals
9,486 Purple Hearts
36 Army Commendation Medals
87 Division Commendations
7 Presidential Unit Citations
2 Meritorious Service Unit Commendations
Congressional Gold Medal awarded on November 2, 2011.
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Sources:
The Story of the 442nd Combat Team. Information - Education Section, MTOUSA
Shirey, Orville C. Americans, The Story of the 442nd Combat Team.Washington: Infantry journal Press, 1946
Duus, Masayo Umezawa. Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th and 442nd. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987.
Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Paperback – 15 Jun. 1996
by Wartime Relocation Commission
Nisei Soldiers In World War II: The Campaign In The Vosges Mountains
By LCDR Joni L. Parker USN
Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th and 442nd
By Masayo Umezawa Duus
Going for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany
By James M. McCaffrey
http://www.goforbroke.org
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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Nickname: 'The Purple Heart Battalion'
Motto: "Go for Broke"
There was one unit that stands out during World War II.
It was the 442nd Infantry Regiment with more than 15,000 awards and decorations, when the estimated number of men who served was 18,000.
Including:
21 Medals of Honor
29 Distinguished Service Crosses
1 Distinguished Service Medal
588 Silver Star Medals
22 Legion of Merit Medals
15 Soldier's Medals
5,200 Bronze Star Medals
9,486 Purple Hearts
36 Army Commendation Medals
87 Division Commendations
7 Presidential Unit Citations
2 Meritorious Service Unit Commendations
Congressional Gold Medal awarded on November 2, 2011.
Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory
Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media.
SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE
Get the Simple History books on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/
T-Shirts
https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch
Simple history gives you the facts, simple!
See the book collection here:
Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/
Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/
https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/
https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT
Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:
Chris Kane
https://vocalforge.com/
Music Credit:
The Big Decision by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://audionautix.com/
Sources:
The Story of the 442nd Combat Team. Information - Education Section, MTOUSA
Shirey, Orville C. Americans, The Story of the 442nd Combat Team.Washington: Infantry journal Press, 1946
Duus, Masayo Umezawa. Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th and 442nd. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987.
Personal Justice Denied: Report of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Paperback – 15 Jun. 1996
by Wartime Relocation Commission
Nisei Soldiers In World War II: The Campaign In The Vosges Mountains
By LCDR Joni L. Parker USN
Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th and 442nd
By Masayo Umezawa Duus
Going for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany
By James M. McCaffrey
http://www.goforbroke.org
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