HONOR ROLL MINIDOKA RELOCATION CENTER WAR MEMORIAL
THE SIGN LIST THE NAMES OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNEES SERVING IN WORLD WAR II
ON FEBRUARY 1, 1943 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ACTIVATED THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, A MOSTLY JAPANESE AMERICAN UNIT, WHICH JOINED RANKS WITH THE 100TH BATTALION OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. THE COMBINED NISEI 100TH AND 442ND BECAME THE MOST DECORATED REGIMENT OF ITS SIZE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT RECEIVED 18,143 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND HAD 9,486 CASUALTIES.
ON FEBRUARY 1, 1943 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ACTIVATED THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, A MOSTLY JAPANESE AMERICAN UNIT, WHICH JOINED RANKS WITH THE 100TH BATTALION OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD. THE COMBINED NISEI 100TH AND 442ND BECAME THE MOST DECORATED REGIMENT OF ITS SIZE AND LENGTH OF SERVICE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT RECEIVED 18,143 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND HAD 9,486 CASUALTIES.
Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- War Memorial Honor Roll Plaques
- MINIDOKA NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
- 83338
- DUANE HALL
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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