The+442nd+Infantry

** The families of many of its soldiers were subject to internment. The regiment was part of the 29th Seperate Infantry Brigade. The regiment is still active today and very well understand the history of their vetrens. Now they are integrated together with other Americans and are now a diverse group of soldiers. > They have recently redeployed to Iraq. >  > Colonel Young-Oak Kim was one prominent member of the regiment.
 * The 442nd Infantry
 * Most highly decorated military unit in history of US Armed Forces
 * 21 medals of honor
 * "The Purple Heart Battallion"
 * Shortly after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese American men categorized as "enemy aliens" and non-draftable
 * More than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry on west coast and placed in relocation camps
 * Families of soldiers subject to internment
 * 21 Medal of Honor Recipients
 * 9,486 Purple Heart Recipients
 * Nicknamed "The Purple Heart Battalion"
 * The Motto: Go for Broke
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">To risk everything they have for a potentially greater gain
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">the only Korean American officer during his service in the 442nd Regiment
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">First officer from an ethnic minority in U.S. history to command an Army combat battalion

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">**<span style="font-size: 180%; color: #26b2e3; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;">Daniel K. Inouye **
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Handled casualities at Pearl Harbor
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Took med aid training and immediately was placed in the service (age 16)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Headed 1st aid litter team
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">At 18 he went to the University of Hawaii for pre-med
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Enlisted in U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">First to liberate Dachau
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Promoted to Rank of Sergeant and designated as a platoon leader and designated as a platoon leader
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">His unit shifted to French Vosges Mountains
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Two of the most bloodiest weeks of war
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Rescuing a Texas Battallion surrounded by German forces (Rescue of the Lost Battallion)
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">He won a Bronze Star for this mission
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Shot in abdominables and continued to fight until his arm was blown off
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Honorable discharged 20 months later
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Returned home with a Distinguished Service cross, Bronze star, Purple Heart with cluster and 12 other medals and citations
 * <span style="font-size: 120%; color: #32e218; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">When Hawaii became a state, he became the state's first congressman.