HistoryPodcast 73 - 442 RCT

A request from the history hotline...

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army, was a unit composed of Japanese Americans who fought in Europe during the Second World War. The families of many of its soldiers were subject to internment. The 442nd was a self-sufficient fighting force, and fought with distinction in North Africa, Italy, southern France, and Germany, becoming the most highly decorated unit of its size and length of service in the history of the U.S. Army, including 21 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.

HP73 - 442RCT.mp3 23:31 - 21.7MB

Sources:

http://www.njahs.org/research/442.html
http://www.katonk.com/442nd/442/page1.html

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