442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
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title:
442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
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The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history, and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who fought in World War II. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European Theatre, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT
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Infantry regiment of the United States Army
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
date created:
2005-01-29T23:17:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T16:05:00Z
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