My grandpa served in the 442 and would show me pictures and things he found while serving in Italy. I remember he had a German military hat that a soldier he captured gave to him. The German pow spoke English, so he was able have a conversation with him. It was fascinating hearing all his stories growing up. He and everyone in his unit are all true American heros. I hope a new big budget movie is made about them to remind the younger generation of their service.....their sacrifice. "GO FOR BROKE!"
Now you've got Ultra-MAGA Morons! Like Greene and Boebo; all about Gun toting and White Nationalism but Zero understanding that a 1500 man unit were slaughtered to save 300 White Men. That is a Fact; and they did this knowing it! Yet these Texans still fly the bigot Confederate Flags! It'll never be enough for them! The White Man has broken every American Treaty since 1776! Every single one; but the Minorities Always helps America win wars that White Men bring us into! These Asian Men were Heroes!
Fun fact there was a battle where the Americans and Germans fought along side against some German elite I believe so literally after all that Germans fought the Germans too
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team Nickname: 'The Purple Heart Battalion' Motto: "Go for Broke" The 442nd Regimental Combat was the most decorated of all US Army units in World War II. What is more, it’s the most decorated unit in American history. Original fight song of the 442nd RCT Hawai'i Go For Broke Lyrics by Martin Kida -KIA, Score by T.Y. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR History in every century We recall an act that lives forevermore We recall as into night they fall The things that happened on Hawaii shore Let's remember Pearl Harbor As we go to meet the foe Let's remember Pearl Harbor As we did the Alamo We will always remember How they died for liberty Let's remember Pearl Harbor And go on to victory GO FOR BROKE Four Forty-Second Infantry We are the boys of Hawaii Nei We will fight for you And the red white and blue And will go the front And back to Honolulu-lu-lu Fighting for dear old Uncle Sam Go for broke we don't give a damn We will round up the Huns At the point of a gun And victory will be ours Go for broke! Four Four Two! Go for broke! Four Four Two! And victory will be ours. All hail our company.
@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio RE: "Two senators from Texas were members of 442. Hayakawa and Inouye." Daniel Inouye was indeed a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was a senator from Hawaii. S. I. Hayakawa was never in the military, but he was a senator from California. References: (1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Inouye (2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._I._Hayakawa
I was looking through a book on the Japanese Americans during the war and supposedly one German the 442 capture remarked "Aren't you supposed to be on our side?"
@@e.l.m.5349 oh that guy (forgot the name) was the asian Lauri Torni alright. conscripted in the IJA, captured and conscripted in the Red Army, captured and conscripted in the Wehrmacht Heer, captured in by GI Joes in operation primo victoria someone tell sabaton quick
@@JC-uz3ey lol what the virus originated in China, I dont think any sane person is accusing Chinese people of spreading it. When most say Chinese virus they simply mean it originated there, whether or not it was created or natural.
@@Thorfinn_Son_Of_Thors Then you need to open your eye wider. Draconian lockdown (that turned out to be a short term pain which enable a better situation within China right now compare to the rest of the world) and sharing the genome of the virus to the international medical community are not "seemingly doing nothing".
@@trupizza671 you do know that since trump started calling it the "China virus" that attacks against Asians of all kinds has increased to a dramatic level right? which is why WE DONT LABEL VIRUSES BY NATION people are dead because of that xenophobic and racist bs
I doubt the average German soldier had heard of the Banzai charges in the Pacific Theater, as the Banzai charges were usually failures. I doubt Goebbels would have widely distributed accounts of these failed attacks.
The most effective tactic is the one the enemy isnt expecting, a bayonet charge on a well fortified enemy cab spark fear becuase they are expecting something to follow it, so in a split second decision they retreat
@@robainsworth2014 very very risky though. Most of the young Germans in the Western Front were supposedly ripped, and were also skillful and smart fighters.. But Im not sure why they don't use their bayonets, in such a (ww1 like) scenario.
My grandparents were married in the camp before my grandfather and his brothers headed to training in the 442. Never said a negative thing before or after about the US. Go for broke!
Although I loathed how the Americans and Canadians treated citizens of Japanese origin during the war, I also can't help but understand their dilemma considering the circumstances, the racist parts of it notwithstanding. I wonder if your grandparents held a pragmatic point of view when it came to that, because I know George Takei has often mentioned his dislike of the policy (and I can't blame him either). I'm glad that your grandfather survived the war 🙂 and I'm really glad I learned about this piece of history today, because I had no idea that any Americans of Japanese origin fought in the War. The picture of soldier yelling Banzai and charging the German lines it's something I never thought would ever cross my mind, much less consider happening in reality.
@@TheEDFLegacy I'm not sure what you mean. One of my grandfathers was a first generation Italian American, he was US Army Infantry in WWII. Same as Kenny, except the Italian internment camps were far fewer than the Japanese camps. So, my relatives were spared that horrible event. I don't see him as much different from myself.
Hence why they never fully deploy into the pacific fearing it will cause friendly fire like the Alaskan Campaign and civil unrest back home if the news drawn into the public especially within Japanese-American. Some deploy as Intelligence operator working as interpretor and translate Japanese intel and captured documents
My grandfather was a engineer in the 442nd and took me till I was 12 and after he passed away to truly appreciate his service. I still have the medal that President Obama gave him and the one thing that always stood with me for years was the mindset of “a man isn’t judge by what he’d do to his enemies but what he’d do for those he left behind”. The 442nd had the values of “this is our home and we protect its values and those back home” if you go to Bruyeres France there’s a monument dedicated to the 442nd
Japanese soldiers: "For the emperor! Banzai!!!" Japanese American soldiers: "Go for Broke! Banzai!!!" Japanese American soldier from Texas: "Go for Broke! Yeeeehaaaaww!!!"
Japanese Americans: "BANZAI!" German Soldier: "Hans! Ze Japanese are here! We are going to win!" Another German Soldier: *"THEN WHY ARE ZEY CHARGING AT US?!"*
There’s a movie about the 442nd RCT called Go For Broke. Released in 1951, many of the movie’s main characters were played by actual veterans of the unit.
I think another reason why the Japanese American regiment wasn't deployed in the pacific theater might have been to avoid the risk of potential friendly fire incidents. In the heat of battle, weary US troops could have mistaken the Japanese American troops for Imperial Japanese soldiers in disguise and attacked them. It would have made it harder to tell friend from foe.
Same reason the US Army didn't issue camouflage uniforms in Europe. We definitely had them and they got used all the time by the Marines in the Pacific. But our camo looked a lot like the German camo used by the Waffen SS and they were concerned about friendly fire.
Yep. Military Intelligence Services were deployed to the pacific as interpreters. Nissei who served in the pacific risked a lot, during combat, both from Enemy troops, who'd see the Japanese faces and treat them as traitors and the possibility of another American mistaking them as the enemy.
German soldier: "Sir! They are attacking us!" German officer: "Americans?" German soldier: "No. Japanese!!" German officer: *confused stare* "Hold on.....When did they stop being our allies?" Edit: Wow. All my previous comments never reached 400 likes and now I have over 1,300. Thank you a lot guys and thank you too guys from Simple History for such good and teaching videos.
German soldier: "Sir! actually, Japanese was our enemy since the beginning of the war, when they fuxked up our plan by attacking Pearl Harbor." Edit: thanks for 35 likes! [Addition: I alway wanted to say this :)] Edit: wait... How did I get 100 likes?
Atleast that american japan wearing american army uniform where italian even doesnt change their uniform and suddenly be enemy after mussolini got captured by rebels. Imagine you just wave hand to them yesterday and tommorow they just throw a grenade to you
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I really appreciate you making a video on these men. They are mostly forgotten by our country until recently even though they went through massive hardship. As a Japanese American, my family was interned at the start of the war and my late great uncle actually fought with the 442 during the Battle of the Bulge and Anzio and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Not forgotten by me or my family. My great uncle served with the 8th infantry division 28th infantry regiment and pretty much followed the 442nd. He was killed December 1, 1944 at the start of the bulge. From the bottom of my heart thank you for your great uncles service my friend.
This is what America should be. Doesn't matter what your skin tone is or where you're from, you should be seen as an equal. Like Martin Luther King Jr. said about people not being judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. These men were willing to die for a country that had basically disowned them. Our country isn't perfect, never has and never will be. But these men saw hope that in their serving they would be paving the hard difficult road to true equality and they earned the respect of even the top generals of the Military. We can't change the past, what's done is done; But we as a nation can most certainly learn something from the Greatest Generation. These men gave their all so that we could truly be free. Do not take your freedoms for granted, remember these men, remember their loyalty, and most importantly, remember their sacrifice for their country and for the world. They truly were Americans.
@@antjack2602 hey, not everybody is perfect. They had their flaws. But they set the course to were we are today. In fact, not all of them believed that slavery was ok, George Washington didn't believe in having slaves, he set the ones that he inherited free after a couple of years which was a big deal in those days. Don't judge them all together in one collective group, or you'll never get to understand their individual opinions and beliefs on certain subjects.
@@jayman4569 No I love the founders. But they did not believe in equality like you imply. While it’s true they wanted to free the slaves, it’s also true they wanted them sent back to Africa
@ImagineAire i wonder if that came from the japanese phrase 一か八か (ichika bachika) meaning the same thing, also coming from old gambling culture in japan
Hitler: "We got a Japanese battalion doing banzai charges in Italian front?" Hirohito: "I think they abused too much shabu in China and end up there." Hitler: "Fair enough."
@@lukesalvidge5451 Prefectures, if I might correct. He probably want to told me that these Japanese American has been long lived in USA and came from certain prefecture.
The most decorated unit in WWII and yet they don't teach this in history books nor is there a big Hollywood movie promoting this important piece of American history. Smh
My great grandfather served in the 442nd and was a part of the banzai charge to break the German line and save the Texans. Any time that story is recalled I always want to see it, and I wanted to thank you for explaining the battle in detail.
My Gichan was actually a translator/NCO technically within the 442 he never saw combat but he handled logistics and was working with the officers and helped the troops who couldn't speak English properly, but honestly this makes me sad the fact they say the men were volunteers, and you should know this as well considering they were ripped from their homes and put into camps and then forced into service just to originally be used as meat shields until the army realized they're actually good soldiers and better then the rest
@@StorMRagE4EVA The 100th battalion(first nisei troops) weren't put into camps or enforced into service. Also, the Hawaiian territorial guard, the following varsity victory volunteers and finally 442nd from Hawaii... Were volunteers, with no or little knowledge of the camps on the mainland. Even original members from the camps, volunteered.
he was making a joke about the Americans of German ancestry who traveled back to Germany before the war started and ended up fighting for them against the Americans
The heroism of these men is unbelievable. The way they appoached the Gothic line, scaled the wall in total darkness, some men falling to their death during the night and all of them fell silently as not to give away the position of their comrades,... my god that still puts shivers down my spine.
During high school, I met WW2 veterans from the 100th/442nd, through JROTC. The unit still exists, today. One of my seniors from High School ended up being in it, when he joined the Reserves. Btw, it didn't only consist of Japanese-American Nisei. They also had Issei and Sansei, as well as other Asian-Americans. Just majority of the unit consisted of Japanese-American Nisei, during the War. How I know that, is because they told my JROTC class when we met them.
I feel like a broken record when I say that my grandfather was member of the 442nd RCT but at this point it’s so I don’t forget what he and his comrades did for his country despite the discrimination and racism they faced back home. My grandfather never spoke of his time with the 442nd and I never knew he was a doodler to begin with until he passed away when I was in elementary school (for reference I just graduated from university so a pretty long time ago in my lifetime). I just knew him as the grandpa that smoked cigars let me watch TV and occasionally gave me vanilla or chocolate pudding. He rarely ever said anything to me and the times he did it’s been so long I can’t remember what they were. I only learned about what his unit did when my mother got me a book about their exploits and what they went through. Edit: I did not intend for this to be the bed for a political debate.
Thank your GF for his bravery and honorable service. The sacrifices made by him and his comrades, erased all doubts against Japanese-Americans and Asian Americans as loyal citizens of USA and made an undeniable contribution to the war effort that all Asian Americans can be proud of!
@@jasonlee8107 UK: Germany, Chancellor Hitler is evil Germany : from my point of view, the league of nations is evil UK: then you have lost CCCP: *attero dominatus intensifies*
Hey, thank you Simple History, for covering this legendary regiment. My grandfather fought in Company K, and was one of fifteen survivors after the Battle for the Ridge out of 150 men. I only got to learn about his involvement after he passed, as my mom said he didn't like talking about it much. He studied to become a doctor and helped to saving lives rather than taking them.
Thank you for this recognition my grandpa was apart of the 442 and now even I'm serving. This video gave me a connection to him and what he did for this country that turned their backs on the Japanese.
Did you know among the US paratroopers that liberated Corregidor, Philippines was a Japanese-American, Harry Akune, you probably heard of him and his brothers
We should lift the military sanctions on Japan and Germany already. It'd take a huge load off the U.S military budget and almost half of Japan already want to re-militarize because China and Germany because Russia.
@@redaug4212 Most decorated unit for size and length of service. They were only active for about 4 years (not counting the 100th BN that is still in the Reserves today), but the amount of citations they earned rivals that of much bigger units with much longer lineage. I would challenge you to find another unit, regiment or otherwise, that earned 21 MoHs in essentially a 3 year timespan.
@@armynurseboy The 3rd Infantry Division was awarded 47 Medals of Honor between 1942-1945. In terms of awards rates, I don't think any can beat the 5th Marine Division, which had 17 MoH recipients during its single and only combat action on Iwo Jima.
German soliders: *defending against the american soliders* American-japan soliders: BAANZAAAAAAI!!! German- russian soliders: URRRRAAAAAA!!! German soliders: Was ist das! WAS IST DAAAS!! SEIẞE
I’m from Hawaii, and personally know men that served in the 100th and 442nd. I’ve also worked with a lot of their artifacts in the local museum here, cataloging and organizing new artifacts nearly every week. These men were truly the best of us.
"Sir, there's Americans charging us?" *Confused Face* "That's strange. When did it become the Eastern Front? Any Soviets?" "Nein, they're Japanese in American uniforms." "Scheisse, the Italians and now them? We're definitely losing this war."
Most Americans descend specifically from the British and UK. English, Irish, Scottish are in almost everyone's genes, including blacks, and natives. Most of the rest are asians and only like 50 million of 350 million are German.
Shout out Dan Inouye, Captain of the 442ND, Lost an arm charging bunker with a machine gun and kept going, Won the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Medal of Honor, became a US Senator, and chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee. Hated against for his Japanese decent and still served. If that’s not a Hero I don’t know what is
@Delta. The interesting thing about this is that the Karate Kid came out in 1983 and at that time “officially” there was only 1 Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. This was to Sadao Munemori who killed quite a few Germans and took out machine gun pillboxes and one German threw a grenade and it bounced off his helmet so he dove on the grenade to save his fellow soldiers. I do not know for sure but in the KK movie they don’t necessarily say it was the Congressional Medal of Honor. Daniel says “valor”. It was only around this time frame in the 80’s, 90’s, and after that where a lot of research was being done and considering the services performed that 20 other Japanese Americans who got the 2nd highest medal were upgraded to the Congressional Medal of Honors. Of course those awarded were all alive to receive the medal but most of them say they didn’t really deserve it because many of their fellow Japanese American soldiers died and they are the ones who deserve it.
I respect the 442nd a lot. I’m not Japanese but they are a great influence to me as an Asian born in America. They proved everybody that they were patriots and just as American as everybody else.
This is one of the best videos y’all have ever made. Never been almost brought to tears by a cartoon. The patriotism & historical value of this group is unmatched!
@@localboi808state I've seen it, it was pretty good, but would love to have an expanded cast and storyline as well with all the modern cinema tech we have now.
@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune You are talking about the Imperial Japanese military, the men in this video are American Nisei soldiers of the United States Army who are completely different. While these men may be of Japanese descent, they are in actuality American to the core and are not the war criminals the Japanese in the Pacific Campaign were.
My Great Grandfather served in the 442nd. God bless their beautiful legacy, and never forget the injustices that happened to American citizens. Go army. Go for broke.
I love this Japanese video because how the Japanese worked so hard for their freedom from the camps. I am proud to be Japanese. I remember one phrase they said. It was "GO FOR BROKE!". Simple History thanks for sharing this to everyone to know.
My grandfather served in the 442nd regimental combat team his name is Yoshio Miyasato (Private First Class) And he lived to tell the tale I miss him A lot so cherish the time you have with the people you hold dearly.
correction, nisei (second generation immigrant descent) soldiers dont scream for the emperor. they scream FREEDOM DEMOCRACY GUNZAI but you're right about mongolian motorized infrantry. that is a direct step up from calvary
It’s moments like this that I’m most proud to be an American. The fact that their loyalties were ever doubted embarrasses me though. It’s amazing how prejudice seems to make men fight harder. Not only do they have a country to fight for, but they have something to PROVE. Henry Johnson and the Harlem Hellfighters are another great example of this phenomenon.
One of the many many great stories to come out of the 442nd was that of Young Oak Kim. A 2nd lieutenant of Korean descent, he was chosen as one of the officers of the 100th (later merged with the 442nd). Upon realizing the potential conflict of having a Korean officer, a lieutenant colonel immediately offered Kim a transfer. Kim declined, stating that the men were American, just as he was an American and that they would fight for America The 100th were at first distrusting of Kim for 3 reasons. He was a mainlander, a yobo (Hawaiian term for Koreans) and he had earned his commission through Officer Candidate School. But after the first month of combat, he had earned their respect and his derogatory nickname of GI Kim was changed to Samurai Kim. Kim would go onto becoming the first Asian to lead a combat battalion in the Korean War and finally retiring at the rank of Colonel as the highest decorated Asian American to ever serve.
Daniel Inouye, a war hero from the 442nd, came from here in Hawaii, and went on to become a US senator. He helped clear out a German bunker, even when his arm was almost blown off by a grenade and hanging on by just a thread, and had himself treated even when the medics said they were out of anesthesia.
The Nisei were treated disgracefully, people who were as American as anyone Irish or Italian, but they showed what their real country was and what it meant to them
"As anyone Irish or italian". To be fair, the irish and italians around the same time period were discriminated against enough that they werent considered "white"; or at least not "real" whites. Both turning to rely on the criminal underworld to support their communities, because "nativists" refused to employ or help them.
@@ObviouslyNotXenrek And was every Irish or Italian person born into a criminal underworld and as you say what choice did they have or what business did anyone as alien to America as them to try to make them feel like they were worth less than them? Everyones sick of discrimination or excuses for it, and no one wants to pretend theres any excuse for it or that they had it worse than it was then
@@ObviouslyNotXenrek You are leaving out just absolutely massive parts of the story of both Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans in your categorically limited attempt to lump them all into the criminal underworld. You are conflating literally millions of people with at best a few hundred or couple thousand. And negating any contribution those people groups made to this nation outside the negative few you have heard of. There are a whole lot of brickmasons, carpenters, cops, tailors, bakers, longshoremen, doctors, politicians, and engineers you seem to be forgetting. Calling like 20% of the entire national demographic something less than 0.03% engaged in is more than a little obtuse, no?
@@StorMRagE4EVA I mean yeah man it’s called a draft. A lot of the military members were drafted during ww2. A good bit of the nisei were volunteers, they wanted to prove their loyalty to the United States.
When Lieutenant General Dahlquist reviewed his 442 Regiment on November 12, 1944, he saw only 26 soldiers. And he questioned Lieutenant Colonel Miller whereabout of the rest of the unit. Lt.Col.replied "This is all the men, sir". Deeply shocked, the general could not utter a word after that.
No actually Dahlquist was angry because entire regiment didn't line up and left without saluting them. Because he thought other members didn't show up. But it was actually entire regiment was lining up and remaining members of the regiment. Later when Dalhquist asked to shake hands, leader of 442nd refused to shake hands with the general.
Loved it!! Every minute was gripping! My heart and respect to the enigmatic and wrecklessly brave soldiers of 442. I'm from Hawaii and we continue to honor these heros. Look for them on the new Forever stamps!
In collage I mentioned it to the professor and made sure she talked about it and my grandmother was in the camps so she came in to talk about it . And everyone was thankful for the history lesson
There is already a movie about them. There was a line where a German officer said," Who are these men?" The White American officer replied back," Didn't Hitler tell you that Japan lost so they are now on our side."
@@UnicornGamingRX03 just found the one from the 1950s!! Wow it has the same name! If someone re did the idea with a more gruesome hacksaw ridge style, I’d love that
@@dairydregone7146 the second closest thing perhaps would be the Chinese vs Japanese in the Battle of Shanghai. It is said they were trained up to Wehrmacht standard, well, few of them
German soldiers: sir i need reinforcement Hitler: who's attacking us americans ? German soldier: no japanese Hitler: WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me:( brain damage) what's going on
@Grace Sadly, if Hitler and his staff heard about it, Hitler would probably think everyone is betraying him, and the staff would think it's American propaganda. 😅
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442nd: “BANZAI”
Germans: Hol up wait a minute something ain’t right
And then the Japanese-Americans and the German-Russian ancestry fought each other.
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The fictional character Mr. Miyagi from the 1980's Karate Kid movies was a member of the 442nd regiment in WW2
My friend watches karate kids
Was he really?
Really?
442nd regiment is 1st special service force
@@austint7533 yeah he joined the 442nd after he left Okinawa and had even recieved the medal of honor, purple heart, silver star, bronze star etc.
My grandpa served in the 442 and would show me pictures and things he found while serving in Italy. I remember he had a German military hat that a soldier he captured gave to him. The German pow spoke English, so he was able have a conversation with him. It was fascinating hearing all his stories growing up. He and everyone in his unit are all true American heros. I hope a new big budget movie is made about them to remind the younger generation of their service.....their sacrifice. "GO FOR BROKE!"
as a Texan: I salute and thank your grandfather for his service
Thank you to your grandfather for his service and your family for their patriotism.
No Hollywood is going to make a Movie about Asian American war hero’s lol. We’re still foreigners in your eyes.
Now you've got Ultra-MAGA Morons! Like Greene and Boebo; all about Gun toting and White Nationalism but Zero understanding that a 1500 man unit were slaughtered to save 300 White Men. That is a Fact; and they did this knowing it! Yet these Texans still fly the bigot Confederate Flags! It'll never be enough for them! The White Man has broken every American Treaty since 1776! Every single one; but the Minorities Always helps America win wars that White Men bring us into! These Asian Men were Heroes!
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442nd: "*BANZAI!*"
German soldier: "First the Italians, now the Japanese are against us?!"
And then the Romanians (the most helpful country to Germany) and then the Bulgarians and then the Hungarians.
And the finns...
and then Dwayne The Rock Johnson
Fun fact there was a battle where the Americans and Germans fought along side against some German elite I believe so literally after all that Germans fought the Germans too
@@dr.harmacist5836 I think that happened on a castle somewhere in Austria I just forgot the name I think it's castle itter?
American soldiers: Banzai!
Germans: Visible confusion
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@@nikolaibelinski3433 This is the original. Similar comments are made one or two hours later.
Nah im sure they did not care
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Nickname: 'The Purple Heart Battalion'
Motto: "Go for Broke"
The 442nd Regimental Combat was the most decorated of all US Army units in World War II. What is more, it’s the most decorated unit in American history.
Original fight song of the 442nd RCT Hawai'i Go For Broke Lyrics by Martin Kida -KIA, Score by T.Y.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
History in every century
We recall an act that lives forevermore
We recall as into night they fall
The things that happened on Hawaii shore
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
As we go to meet the foe
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
As we did the Alamo
We will always remember
How they died for liberty
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
And go on to victory
GO FOR BROKE
Four Forty-Second Infantry
We are the boys of Hawaii Nei
We will fight for you
And the red white and blue
And will go the front
And back to Honolulu-lu-lu
Fighting for dear old Uncle Sam
Go for broke we don't give a damn
We will round up the Huns
At the point of a gun
And victory will be ours
Go for broke! Four Four Two!
Go for broke! Four Four Two!
And victory will be ours.
All hail our company.
Hail!
Me yes
Hail i guess
I thought the old guard was the most decorated
reminds me of the 442nd Siege battalion from Star wars
A missed award mention: The 442nd are now state recognized honorary Texans.
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@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio
Daniel Inouye is from Hawaii, my home state.
@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio
RE: "Two senators from Texas were members of 442. Hayakawa and Inouye."
Daniel Inouye was indeed a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was a senator from Hawaii.
S. I. Hayakawa was never in the military, but he was a senator from California.
References:
(1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Inouye
(2) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._I._Hayakawa
YEE HAW BANZAI
The germans when they hear Japanese language at combat in europe
[Visible confusion]
Us weebs will be in Europe, then Japan! All to save anime!
@@Touhou2006 I think it was the US servicemen who were the first who brought back anime to the United States.
I was looking through a book on the Japanese Americans during the war and supposedly one German the 442 capture remarked "Aren't you supposed to be on our side?"
@@Touhou2006 i'd go to japan to destroy anime smh
schizoidboy The plot thickened hard for that guy
Germans: *vibing on the Western Front
442nd: “BANZAI”
Germans: *Confused screaming
That 1 korean soldier at day seeing them in an alternate universe:
Oh balls
@@e.l.m.5349 oh that guy (forgot the name) was the asian Lauri Torni alright. conscripted in the IJA, captured and conscripted in the Red Army, captured and conscripted in the Wehrmacht Heer, captured in by GI Joes in operation primo victoria
someone tell sabaton quick
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 except Thorn willingly enlisted in 3 armies
442nd: "we Japanese but we help american"
Hirohito: wait who said that
war is not vibing. war is the opposite. it's suffering, death, torture.
American Japanese : "BANZAI!!!!"
German Troops : "Who are we shooting again ?"
yes
Who are we shooting,the American or Japanese?
Why don't both.
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Meanwhile Merrill Marauder's battle cry was "Gung Ho".
German General, "Good! This will be fine practice for when we betray the rest of our allies."
"Hans! Italy switched teams!"
"Really? Well, atleast we still have Japan!"
"But sir, why do I hear Americans yelling something in Japanese?"
"They're probably weebs."
ten minutes later
"NOT WEEBS. NOT! WEEBS!!!"
@@roguevector1268 japanese are the bigest weebs.
Hans: "SCHIESE!!"
BONZAI INTENSIFIES
@@MouldMadeMind me: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that.
“You fought not only the enemy, but also prejudice and you’ve won.”~ President Truman to the 442nd
only to be (wrongly) yelled at now for spreading the china virus :(
@@JC-uz3ey lol what the virus originated in China, I dont think any sane person is accusing Chinese people of spreading it. When most say Chinese virus they simply mean it originated there, whether or not it was created or natural.
@@trupizza671 Aye, and majority of people blame the Chinese government for seemingly doing nothing to stop the virus.
@@Thorfinn_Son_Of_Thors Then you need to open your eye wider. Draconian lockdown (that turned out to be a short term pain which enable a better situation within China right now compare to the rest of the world) and sharing the genome of the virus to the international medical community are not "seemingly doing nothing".
@@trupizza671 you do know that since trump started calling it the "China virus" that attacks against Asians of all kinds has increased to a dramatic level right? which is why WE DONT LABEL VIRUSES BY NATION people are dead because of that xenophobic and racist bs
442nd: "BANZAIII"
German soldiers: "Oh good, backup arrived"
Top 10 anime betrayals
You fool...
You fool, you have fallen into my trap
I doubt the average German soldier had heard of the Banzai charges in the Pacific Theater, as the Banzai charges were usually failures. I doubt Goebbels would have widely distributed accounts of these failed attacks.
@@revanofkorriban1505 agreed. But it's a joke bro
"yo who turned on friendly fire" -some german soldier probably
the japanese
Loool
Their in the sand! - Germans
"japan did u turn on friendly fire" - hitler
@Christophe Ducas ikr
I had two uncles in the 442nd! I still wear their patch, on my plate carrier, to this day. Thanks for the content!!
They still alive? I’m serious. Bless them
@@ALCblackout24HD, no. Both have passed. They have a brother that served in the Navy. He is still alive. Thank you!
@@stevenkennedy4130 KIA or after war
@@cay7809, after the war. They both lived long & full lives.
@@stevenkennedy4130 :)
Texan battalions: The German defense are impenetrable, we can’t breakthrough it!
442nd: *Observe.*
As much as it's a meme, the 442nd lost four times as many men during the rescue as were saved from the Lost Battalion.
The most effective tactic is the one the enemy isnt expecting, a bayonet charge on a well fortified enemy cab spark fear becuase they are expecting something to follow it, so in a split second decision they retreat
Should have been *O B S E R V E.*
Bayonet charges are often effective due to morale Britain pulled off a few during the d Korean war
@@robainsworth2014 very very risky though. Most of the young Germans in the Western Front were supposedly ripped, and were also skillful and smart fighters.. But Im not sure why they don't use their bayonets, in such a (ww1 like) scenario.
My grandparents were married in the camp before my grandfather and his brothers headed to training in the 442. Never said a negative thing before or after about the US. Go for broke!
Although I loathed how the Americans and Canadians treated citizens of Japanese origin during the war, I also can't help but understand their dilemma considering the circumstances, the racist parts of it notwithstanding.
I wonder if your grandparents held a pragmatic point of view when it came to that, because I know George Takei has often mentioned his dislike of the policy (and I can't blame him either).
I'm glad that your grandfather survived the war 🙂 and I'm really glad I learned about this piece of history today, because I had no idea that any Americans of Japanese origin fought in the War. The picture of soldier yelling Banzai and charging the German lines it's something I never thought would ever cross my mind, much less consider happening in reality.
KEEEENYYYYY!!!!
- Levi, probably
Respect and Blessings to you Kenny , my fellow American.
@@funzjag Hear hear! Won't lie, comments like yours are rare these days from your country. :(
@@TheEDFLegacy I'm not sure what you mean. One of my grandfathers was a first generation Italian American, he was US Army Infantry in WWII. Same as Kenny, except the Italian internment camps were far fewer than the Japanese camps. So, my relatives were spared that horrible event. I don't see him as much different from myself.
Imagine how confused an IJA soldier would be if these guys fought in the Pacific and saw them banzai charging while wearing American uniforms.
hahahaha
IJA Officer: Get ready for Banzai!
442nd: BANZAI!
IJA Officer: *shocked Pikachu faces*
Apparently near end of War on Okinawa were some American Born Japanese language interpreters.
Hence why they never fully deploy into the pacific fearing it will cause friendly fire like the Alaskan Campaign and civil unrest back home if the news drawn into the public especially within Japanese-American. Some deploy as Intelligence operator working as interpretor and translate Japanese intel and captured documents
Nice.
My grandfather was a engineer in the 442nd and took me till I was 12 and after he passed away to truly appreciate his service. I still have the medal that President Obama gave him and the one thing that always stood with me for years was the mindset of “a man isn’t judge by what he’d do to his enemies but what he’d do for those he left behind”. The 442nd had the values of “this is our home and we protect its values and those back home” if you go to Bruyeres France there’s a monument dedicated to the 442nd
Japanese American division being the most decorated:
America: PaRkOuR
Japan: PaRkOuR
You mean
Japan: HaRbOuR!
Does this mean japanese Americans are superior soldiers??
@@e.l.m.5349 Very brave soldiers + American strategy and equipment = invincible banzai.
@@e.l.m.5349 because of discrimination they had to fought harder to prove themselves, also they had to fight for their families locked up in the camps
not a division an independent battalion.
The trees speak Vietnamese
The snow speaks Finnish
And the Americans speak Japanese...
Let's see this comment is going Far or stuck with 67 likes, let's see shall I?
Americans speak every language and that's what makes us great
The dead start speaking russian
@@tironegaming4154 this is so fucking good. i want more.
The betrayal speaks Italian
U.S Soldiers: *Yell “BANZAI!”*
Germans: Wait aren’t the Japanese our allie- *bayonet stab*
@Irus its a bot
They never yelled that..
@@epramos6800 it’s called a joke...
@@marcusgliddy-keetash4692 It's called re writing history and it's fake.
@@epramos6800 I was talking about the comment NOT the video, so yes still a joke. Which you clearly do not understand
A bonzai charge on the germans?! God bless those brave men o7
Yes
One doesn't salute with left hand.
@@poowaffle they do online o7
@@poowaffle
Is that a stunted banzai or a fierce bonsai?
Japanese soldiers: "For the emperor! Banzai!!!"
Japanese American soldiers: "Go for Broke! Banzai!!!"
Japanese American soldier from Texas: "Go for Broke! Yeeeehaaaaww!!!"
😂
Yeehaw
They never yelled banzai
@emille duque XD LOL!
They'd be yelling "FOR THE ALAMO" if they were true texans :(
Japanese Americans: "BANZAI!"
German Soldier: "Hans! Ze Japanese are here! We are going to win!"
Another German Soldier: *"THEN WHY ARE ZEY CHARGING AT US?!"*
I choked on my ginger ale
Affirmed from everyone reading
_Omaewa mo shindeiru_
😂
Nice.
This NEEDS to be Band-of-Brothers-style Premium Mini series in HBO, Netflix, Prime or Hulu! It has EVERYTHING!
I'd love it
There’s a movie about the 442nd RCT called Go For Broke. Released in 1951, many of the movie’s main characters were played by actual veterans of the unit.
Yeah
The fictional character Mr Miyagi from Karate Kid was a member of the 442nd. Kobra Kai season 16 confirmed
There has been a good, old movie about it.
I think another reason why the Japanese American regiment wasn't deployed in the pacific theater might have been to avoid the risk of potential friendly fire incidents. In the heat of battle, weary US troops could have mistaken the Japanese American troops for Imperial Japanese soldiers in disguise and attacked them. It would have made it harder to tell friend from foe.
That makes sense
Same reason the US Army didn't issue camouflage uniforms in Europe. We definitely had them and they got used all the time by the Marines in the Pacific. But our camo looked a lot like the German camo used by the Waffen SS and they were concerned about friendly fire.
That does make sense
Yep.
Military Intelligence Services were deployed to the pacific as interpreters.
Nissei who served in the pacific risked a lot, during combat, both from Enemy troops, who'd see the Japanese faces and treat them as traitors and the possibility of another American mistaking them as the enemy.
But then why were European Americans fighting in the European front?
German soldier: "Sir! They are attacking us!"
German officer: "Americans?"
German soldier: "No. Japanese!!"
German officer: *confused stare* "Hold on.....When did they stop being our allies?"
Edit: Wow. All my previous comments never reached 400 likes and now I have over 1,300. Thank you a lot guys and thank you too guys from Simple History for such good and teaching videos.
German soldier: "Sir! actually, Japanese was our enemy since the beginning of the war, when they fuxked up our plan by attacking Pearl Harbor."
Edit: thanks for 35 likes!
[Addition: I alway wanted to say this :)]
Edit: wait... How did I get 100 likes?
@@jisuekim1337 lol exactly XD
Japan and germany were never allies they just had a signed contract saying they cant attack eachother
@@maryjoygelizon4268 and other contracts about giving each other recources, tech and intel while fighting the same enemys
Atleast that american japan wearing american army uniform where italian even doesnt change their uniform and suddenly be enemy after mussolini got captured by rebels.
Imagine you just wave hand to them yesterday and tommorow they just throw a grenade to you
Simple History's really giving their all on the animation of each figure's movements. How far they have come is quite admirable, and I can't wait to see how wonderous these animations for each documentary will become. It's something top notch and honestly, worth recognizing on how good it is.
I completely agree, the animations are great.
I like how they went from stiff to a little movement to fluid and clean movement
@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune thanks for the typo
I really appreciate you making a video on these men. They are mostly forgotten by our country until recently even though they went through massive hardship. As a Japanese American, my family was interned at the start of the war and my late great uncle actually fought with the 442 during the Battle of the Bulge and Anzio and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Not forgotten by me, thanks to your family for enduring this garbage the government did to them.
My great uncle fought in the 442 as well❤️🇯🇵
a medal of honor, do you know what for?
Not forgotten by me or my family. My great uncle served with the 8th infantry division 28th infantry regiment and pretty much followed the 442nd. He was killed December 1, 1944 at the start of the bulge. From the bottom of my heart thank you for your great uncles service my friend.
@@sydneyschmidt4267 thank you for his service
The creators of Band of Brothers and The Pacific should really make a mini series of these guys
Amen
This is what America should be. Doesn't matter what your skin tone is or where you're from, you should be seen as an equal. Like Martin Luther King Jr. said about people not being judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. These men were willing to die for a country that had basically disowned them. Our country isn't perfect, never has and never will be. But these men saw hope that in their serving they would be paving the hard difficult road to true equality and they earned the respect of even the top generals of the Military. We can't change the past, what's done is done; But we as a nation can most certainly learn something from the Greatest Generation. These men gave their all so that we could truly be free. Do not take your freedoms for granted, remember these men, remember their loyalty, and most importantly, remember their sacrifice for their country and for the world. They truly were Americans.
Incredibly accurate words... a most welcome addition to this comment section.
This is not what the founding fathers believed in
@@antjack2602 hey, not everybody is perfect. They had their flaws. But they set the course to were we are today. In fact, not all of them believed that slavery was ok, George Washington didn't believe in having slaves, he set the ones that he inherited free after a couple of years which was a big deal in those days. Don't judge them all together in one collective group, or you'll never get to understand their individual opinions and beliefs on certain subjects.
Make America Great Again!
@@jayman4569
No I love the founders. But they did not believe in equality like you imply.
While it’s true they wanted to free the slaves, it’s also true they wanted them sent back to Africa
"GO. FOR. BROKE" Jeeze man, that sends chills down my spine
WTF? What on earth are they up to?
Their banzai charge brought tears to my eyes how awesome they actually are
I am broke alright!
@ImagineAire i wonder if that came from the japanese phrase 一か八か (ichika bachika) meaning the same thing, also coming from old gambling culture in japan
@ImagineAire Yup. Literally means "All or nothing".
Hitler: "We got a Japanese battalion doing banzai charges in Italian front?"
Hirohito: "I think they abused too much shabu in China and end up there."
Hitler: "Fair enough."
Lol
knowing emperor hirohito, he'd be making fish puns since he was more into marine biology than commanding armies
Lol shabuu
@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune aren't those provinces? Not countries?
@@lukesalvidge5451 Prefectures, if I might correct. He probably want to told me that these Japanese American has been long lived in USA and came from certain prefecture.
The most decorated unit in WWII and yet they don't teach this in history books nor is there a big Hollywood movie promoting this important piece of American history. Smh
Rather then reaching this amazing tale, the school system would rather teach children to hate your own nation.
There is a movie from the perspective of the 442nd it’s aptly called “Go for Broke” and it is one of my all time favorite WW2 movies
@@drakeylivingston oh wow! Thanks for the heads-up!
Same thing happened to the harlem hellfighter
@@thatgermanicguy You mean they teach American history including its ugly stories?
My great grandfather served in the 442nd and was a part of the banzai charge to break the German line and save the Texans. Any time that story is recalled I always want to see it, and I wanted to thank you for explaining the battle in detail.
Nice
My Gichan was actually a translator/NCO technically within the 442 he never saw combat but he handled logistics and was working with the officers and helped the troops who couldn't speak English properly, but honestly this makes me sad the fact they say the men were volunteers, and you should know this as well considering they were ripped from their homes and put into camps and then forced into service just to originally be used as meat shields until the army realized they're actually good soldiers and better then the rest
👍👍👍
i dont know a lot but some of my uncles served in the 422nd
@@StorMRagE4EVA
The 100th battalion(first nisei troops) weren't put into camps or enforced into service.
Also, the Hawaiian territorial guard, the following varsity victory volunteers and finally 442nd from Hawaii... Were volunteers, with no or little knowledge of the camps on the mainland.
Even original members from the camps, volunteered.
Japanese americans: BANZAI
American germans: FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT
Worthy opponent?😳 They already fought the Poles lmao
he was making a joke about the Americans of German ancestry who traveled back to Germany before the war started and ended up fighting for them against the Americans
@@brotherhoodofsteeld.c.chap1917 stupid
Lol
The heroism of these men is unbelievable. The way they appoached the Gothic line, scaled the wall in total darkness, some men falling to their death during the night and all of them fell silently as not to give away the position of their comrades,... my god that still puts shivers down my spine.
During high school, I met WW2 veterans from the 100th/442nd, through JROTC.
The unit still exists, today. One of my seniors from High School ended up being in it, when he joined the Reserves.
Btw, it didn't only consist of Japanese-American Nisei. They also had Issei and Sansei, as well as other Asian-Americans.
Just majority of the unit consisted of Japanese-American Nisei, during the War.
How I know that, is because they told my JROTC class when we met them.
I feel like a broken record when I say that my grandfather was member of the 442nd RCT but at this point it’s so I don’t forget what he and his comrades did for his country despite the discrimination and racism they faced back home.
My grandfather never spoke of his time with the 442nd and I never knew he was a doodler to begin with until he passed away when I was in elementary school (for reference I just graduated from university so a pretty long time ago in my lifetime). I just knew him as the grandpa that smoked cigars let me watch TV and occasionally gave me vanilla or chocolate pudding. He rarely ever said anything to me and the times he did it’s been so long I can’t remember what they were. I only learned about what his unit did when my mother got me a book about their exploits and what they went through.
Edit: I did not intend for this to be the bed for a political debate.
God bless him❤
damn, what a madlad
RIP
Thank your GF for his bravery and honorable service. The sacrifices made by him and his comrades, erased all doubts against Japanese-Americans and Asian Americans as loyal citizens of USA and made an undeniable contribution to the war effort that all Asian Americans can be proud of!
Bless your grandfather
You mean Rebublicans
442nd Battalion: BANZAI!
Germans and Italians: You turned her against me!
You turn him againts me
America: You have done that yourself
Italian-Americans to their cousins who didn’t immigrate- TONY YA BREAKIN’ YA MAMAS HEART
@@jasonlee8107 UK: Germany, Chancellor Hitler is evil
Germany : from my point of view, the league of nations is evil
UK: then you have lost
CCCP: *attero dominatus intensifies*
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Allied Powers: I will do what I must
Hey, thank you Simple History, for covering this legendary regiment. My grandfather fought in Company K, and was one of fifteen survivors after the Battle for the Ridge out of 150 men. I only got to learn about his involvement after he passed, as my mom said he didn't like talking about it much. He studied to become a doctor and helped to saving lives rather than taking them.
Thank you for this recognition my grandpa was apart of the 442 and now even I'm serving. This video gave me a connection to him and what he did for this country that turned their backs on the Japanese.
Ad: "For the crucially important factor in war was certainly strategy"
All best generals in history: "You fool. Don't ignore your logistics"
True
*laughs in Julius Caesar*
Laughs in Rush b davai
Anibal nods with approval.
Im surprised Sabaton hasn’t made a song about them or their notable battles
Everything comes at it's time
They have, they were instrumental in saving the lost battalion
Bacuse they weren't native americans
Give them time ⏰
probably next album they will made song about them
Did you know among the US paratroopers that liberated Corregidor, Philippines was a Japanese-American, Harry Akune, you probably heard of him and his brothers
Ted-Ed
Among (the) us
Among U.S.A
@@GlitchedBlox Among E.U Among U.S.S.R
@@koimeme among uk
The Japanese were always warriors, no question about it. It’s in their blood.
Got that right
Dudes go hard asf every single time , lots of respect for their culture
If you encounter a japanese soldier, you'll need to put everything youve got or youll lose to a dying one
We should lift the military sanctions on Japan and Germany already. It'd take a huge load off the U.S military budget and almost half of Japan already want to re-militarize because China and Germany because Russia.
@@CHEESYHEAD684 let Japan re-militarize they got some good tech
Hold up. Isn't the 442nd also the most decorated unit in the US history, *ever*? That's what I remember.
Infantry unit. Enterprise was the most decorated naval vessel in history. And Marines? They got their crayons so theyre happy
Most decorated regimental combat team, but not the most decorated unit. There are regular infantry regiments out there with more awards.
@@redaug4212 Most decorated unit for size and length of service. They were only active for about 4 years (not counting the 100th BN that is still in the Reserves today), but the amount of citations they earned rivals that of much bigger units with much longer lineage. I would challenge you to find another unit, regiment or otherwise, that earned 21 MoHs in essentially a 3 year timespan.
@@armynurseboy The 3rd Infantry Division was awarded 47 Medals of Honor between 1942-1945. In terms of awards rates, I don't think any can beat the 5th Marine Division, which had 17 MoH recipients during its single and only combat action on Iwo Jima.
@@redaug4212 FYI, a division has between 10,000 and 15,000 soldiers. A regimental combat team has 4,500-5,000 soldiers.
German soliders: *defending against the american soliders*
American-japan soliders: BAANZAAAAAAI!!!
German- russian soliders: URRRRAAAAAA!!!
German soliders: Was ist das! WAS IST DAAAS!! SEIẞE
It call: Scheisse
Nice comment
But why is it ao hard to write „Soldier“ right
Ah yes Cold war.
Kuomintang Japanese soldiers:banzai!!!!!!
Communist Chinese party:wtf?!
@@NishiMiyamura wait what??? Since when were there Japanese fighting for their nemesis, the kmt???
I’m from Hawaii, and personally know men that served in the 100th and 442nd. I’ve also worked with a lot of their artifacts in the local museum here, cataloging and organizing new artifacts nearly every week. These men were truly the best of us.
I was always Proud of my Dad and his Unit!! Today I still live by his MOTTO: GO FOR BROKE🤙🏽
"Sir, there's Americans charging us?"
*Confused Face*
"That's strange. When did it become the Eastern Front? Any Soviets?"
"Nein, they're Japanese in American uniforms."
"Scheisse, the Italians and now them? We're definitely losing this war."
The Romanians and Bulgarians fighting with the Soviets: hi there!
Germany: oh come on!
"Where are we going, drill sergeant?"
-"ITS YOUR LUCKY DAY WE ARE GOING TO YOUR ANCESTRAL HOME, PRIVATE! "
Most Americans descend specifically from the British and UK. English, Irish, Scottish are in almost everyone's genes, including blacks, and natives. Most of the rest are asians and only like 50 million of 350 million are German.
He is talking about Japanese men
They never went to Japan.
@@iamblight707 the spitting example of why people think history nerds suck
As someone who has seen Americans can confirm they talk like this
We need a Band of Brothers/The Pacific equivalent based on this unit I tell you what
Check out the movie "Go for Broke" 1951 with Van Johnson playing the prejudice Texas officer.
@@robstarr6817 i think there's a New one who came out in 2017
I like to see a Cobra Kai prequel about Mr. Miyagi.
There was a movie called "Little Iron Men" that was about the 442nd, but it never got enough funding to go into full production.
Shout out Dan Inouye, Captain of the 442ND, Lost an arm charging bunker with a machine gun and kept going, Won the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Medal of Honor, became a US Senator, and chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee. Hated against for his Japanese decent and still served. If that’s not a Hero I don’t know what is
Germans: *kills some strangely familiar enemy soldiers*
Japanese Americans: BANZAI!!!
Germans: What?
Japanese Americans: What?
Me: Oh wow, someone is going to have reasonable comments
*looks*
Nope.
They never yelled banzai
lol from now on im gona yell banzai
@@epramos6800 as far I know, Japanese in American service jelled "Banzai", by times. While Japanese servicemen jelled "Tenno Haika banzai".
@@LilBigBriggi Tenno Heika*
422nd: “BANZAAAIIIII”
Me, a CoD WaW fan: “wait a minute....”
“Hmm, seems very quiet in her-“
**Get stabbed**
*”BANZAIIIIIII!”*
Always burn the trees
Blowtorch and Corkscrew
@@MightBeDinosaur Broncos vibing all the way to the Super Bowl sees the Seahawks broncos : confused screming
R3! R3! R3 DAMNIT R3!
In episode 5 in Cobra Kai, it says on Mr. Myagi’s tombstone that he served with the 442nd Infantry Regiment and he received the Medal of Honor.
@Delta.
The interesting thing about this is that the Karate Kid came out in 1983 and at that time “officially” there was only 1 Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. This was to Sadao Munemori who killed quite a few Germans and took out machine gun pillboxes and one German threw a grenade and it bounced off his helmet so he dove on the grenade to save his fellow soldiers.
I do not know for sure but in the KK movie they don’t necessarily say it was the Congressional Medal of Honor. Daniel says “valor”.
It was only around this time frame in the 80’s, 90’s, and after that where a lot of research was being done and considering the services performed that 20 other Japanese Americans who got the 2nd highest medal were upgraded to the Congressional Medal of Honors.
Of course those awarded were all alive to receive the medal but most of them say they didn’t really deserve it because many of their fellow Japanese American soldiers died and they are the ones who deserve it.
That’s right.
He has a broken Japanese accent not a Hawaiian Pidgin one, unlikely.
Proud to say that both my grandfathers served in the MIS (Military Intelligence Service) and I had two great uncles that served in the 442nd.
America:Banzai!!!!
Germans: Im pretty sure thats not englis-
up next the most decorated unit in the Russian army: the Italian provisional regiment
@Kabuki Kitsune there is already a video for the foreign legion here
And for the triquel the most decorated German Regiment the Spanish Blues.
Imagine being american soldier in the 40s and the most decorated unit in their US army was a japanese unit, their enemy on the pacific theater
They were Americans of Japanese decent. There was plenty of Italians Americans serving too...
@@FDNY101202 and somehow in Pop-culture shows those Italians served in Pacific
@@FDNY101202 and German American
American isn’t a race, it’s a creed more than anything.
@@brotherhoodofsteeld.c.chap1917 A true religion of fools.
I respect the 442nd a lot. I’m not Japanese but they are a great influence to me as an Asian born in America. They proved everybody that they were patriots and just as American as everybody else.
Hitler: "Emperor Hirohito, Vat ze Scheise?!"
Hirohito's spokesman: "Uh, I...he can...explain?"
No no its was das fick
This is one of the best videos y’all have ever made. Never been almost brought to tears by a cartoon. The patriotism & historical value of this group is unmatched!
They have to make a new movie or tv series out of this unit. I would pay good money to see an American Banzai charge in cinema.
In prefer a TV series like band of brothers
No way I want to see another Hollywood version of history
They have made a movie
@@RexWort Yes, that would be wonderful. Steven Spielberg needs to get on that
@@localboi808state I've seen it, it was pretty good, but would love to have an expanded cast and storyline as well with all the modern cinema tech we have now.
@Nguyễn Minh Hiếu Miku Hatsune You are talking about the Imperial Japanese military, the men in this video are American Nisei soldiers of the United States Army who are completely different. While these men may be of Japanese descent, they are in actuality American to the core and are not the war criminals the Japanese in the Pacific Campaign were.
My Great Grandfather served in the 442nd. God bless their beautiful legacy, and never forget the injustices that happened to American citizens. Go army. Go for broke.
The ferocity and bravery of the Japanese plus the logistics and technology of the USA army is a fearsome force to be reckoned with..
I love this Japanese video because how the Japanese worked so hard for their freedom from the camps. I am proud to be Japanese. I remember one phrase they said. It was "GO FOR BROKE!". Simple History thanks for sharing this to everyone to know.
Japanese-American: We're gonna do something a pro gamer move. *Fixes bayonets* BANZI!!!!!!!!!!
German: *Confused Screaming*
My grandfather served in the 442nd regimental combat team his name is Yoshio Miyasato (Private First Class) And he lived to tell the tale I miss him A lot so cherish the time you have with the people you hold dearly.
American Japanese soldier: Yells Banzai
The Germans: Ah look it our allies, why is he charging his bayonet towards me?
442nd battalion be like: "TENO HAIKA, GUN-ZAI!"
correction, nisei (second generation immigrant descent) soldiers dont scream for the emperor.
they scream FREEDOM DEMOCRACY GUNZAI
but you're right about mongolian motorized infrantry. that is a direct step up from calvary
Eh it’s just for fun
Of course we yelled "ura" in battle, and still do.
It’s moments like this that I’m most proud to be an American. The fact that their loyalties were ever doubted embarrasses me though. It’s amazing how prejudice seems to make men fight harder. Not only do they have a country to fight for, but they have something to PROVE. Henry Johnson and the Harlem Hellfighters are another great example of this phenomenon.
One of the many many great stories to come out of the 442nd was that of Young Oak Kim. A 2nd lieutenant of Korean descent, he was chosen as one of the officers of the 100th (later merged with the 442nd). Upon realizing the potential conflict of having a Korean officer, a lieutenant colonel immediately offered Kim a transfer. Kim declined, stating that the men were American, just as he was an American and that they would fight for America The 100th were at first distrusting of Kim for 3 reasons. He was a mainlander, a yobo (Hawaiian term for Koreans) and he had earned his commission through Officer Candidate School. But after the first month of combat, he had earned their respect and his derogatory nickname of GI Kim was changed to Samurai Kim. Kim would go onto becoming the first Asian to lead a combat battalion in the Korean War and finally retiring at the rank of Colonel as the highest decorated Asian American to ever serve.
I visited some their battlefields in France. It was cool too see how the French remembered their sacrifice.
*These guys were amazing. Semper fi brothers in arms & thank you for your service & sacrifices.*
Daniel Inouye, a war hero from the 442nd, came from here in Hawaii, and went on to become a US senator. He helped clear out a German bunker, even when his arm was almost blown off by a grenade and hanging on by just a thread, and had himself treated even when the medics said they were out of anesthesia.
Yo, I live on Hawaii!
@@opinionatedchannel1956 yes so do 1.7 million other people
@@thevictors6724 Fr
@@thevictors6724 I know
Shout-out to Drink History
All the medals that the 442nd infantry regiment gained gave me goosebumps
My Uncle was a humble man, but proud of the 442nd.
His service for our country is greatly appreciated
Stfu, bot. We know you just want our ip address.
@@yotsy8978 how do you know hes a bot? It could be real
That one German must of been like : wait why are one of our allies in American uniforms fighting us
borderline false flag^^
A japanese in US uniform doing banzai charges in europe against one of the axis country would confuse me too
@@maryjoygelizon4268 these are confusing times
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Japanese in U.S. Uniform: *BANZAI*
Germans: *Confused Scraming*
The Nisei were treated disgracefully, people who were as American as anyone Irish or Italian, but they showed what their real country was and what it meant to them
"As anyone Irish or italian".
To be fair, the irish and italians around the same time period were discriminated against enough that they werent considered "white"; or at least not "real" whites. Both turning to rely on the criminal underworld to support their communities, because "nativists" refused to employ or help them.
@@ObviouslyNotXenrek And was every Irish or Italian person born into a criminal underworld and as you say what choice did they have or what business did anyone as alien to America as them to try to make them feel like they were worth less than them? Everyones sick of discrimination or excuses for it, and no one wants to pretend theres any excuse for it or that they had it worse than it was then
@@ObviouslyNotXenrek
You are leaving out just absolutely massive parts of the story of both Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans in your categorically limited attempt to lump them all into the criminal underworld. You are conflating literally millions of people with at best a few hundred or couple thousand. And negating any contribution those people groups made to this nation outside the negative few you have heard of. There are a whole lot of brickmasons, carpenters, cops, tailors, bakers, longshoremen, doctors, politicians, and engineers you seem to be forgetting. Calling like 20% of the entire national demographic something less than 0.03% engaged in is more than a little obtuse, no?
@@BeingFireRetardant Thank you
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I had the honor to meet a man from the 442.I tiled his bathroom for him.He is a very humble man.
YES, I’m glad people haven’t forgotten about the Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States. One of my favorite bits of history.
They left out the part where they were forcefully conscripted not volunteers atleast not all of them
Of course they aren’t forgotten. They were the most decorated unit in American history
@@StorMRagE4EVA I mean yeah man it’s called a draft. A lot of the military members were drafted during ww2. A good bit of the nisei were volunteers, they wanted to prove their loyalty to the United States.
@@austint7533 yeah I know, but it isn’t really generally known to a lot of people.
@@austint7533 Nah they are forgotten. Name one notable piece of media about these guys.
When Lieutenant General Dahlquist reviewed his 442 Regiment on November 12, 1944, he saw only 26 soldiers. And he questioned Lieutenant Colonel Miller whereabout of the rest of the unit. Lt.Col.replied "This is all the men, sir". Deeply shocked, the general could not utter a word after that.
No actually Dahlquist was angry because entire regiment didn't line up and left without saluting them. Because he thought other members didn't show up. But it was actually entire regiment was lining up and remaining members of the regiment. Later when Dalhquist asked to shake hands, leader of 442nd refused to shake hands with the general.
Imagine if the 442nd was sent to spy on Japanese
There is an imposter among us
You 🤣😂😁
Lol!
Among us: Emperial Weebs edition
US concentration camps in a nutshell
and that goes to citizens of german and italian descent too
SUS
NICOLAS....U SON OF 😂🤣
I appreciate that minute of silence at the end. Thank you for your service, 442nd.
12:11. One of the most memorable members of the 442nd infantry regiment is the late US senator Daniel Inouye.
11:30
442nd Combat Group: Banzai!
Imperial Japan: *That’s my line...*
Imperial Japan says Tenno hikko Banzai, which means long live the emperor.
@@nathanb.8114 That’s the joke
Loved it!! Every minute was gripping! My heart and respect to the enigmatic and wrecklessly brave soldiers of 442. I'm from Hawaii and we continue to honor these heros. Look for them on the new Forever stamps!
Why didn’t my history teachers tell me these stories?
Thanks for the content, this is super interesting to listen to!
Mine did. But that was decades ago. The quality of education has certainly declined
Because there isn't time to teach literally thousands of war stories about WWII
In collage I mentioned it to the professor and made sure she talked about it and my grandmother was in the camps so she came in to talk about it . And everyone was thankful for the history lesson
Because they are too busy teaching critical race theory and discussing gender.
"No matter how good you are at something, there will always be an asian better then you"
JAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHA
Lmao 😂
They work hard
I am an Asian
@@mrflash763 you're better than me at being asian
I guess no one told the US mil in the Pacific that.
Germans: Ihr Amerikaner sind nur so stark wie Moskitos!
442nd: お前はもう死んでいる
Germans: WAS?!
Raven Lynx No Google Translate used here, bud.
Speak american, you live in England
@@nyb2.027 日本語わかるんじゃないか
Germans: 何？！
@@NiCoNiCoNiCola OK dann rede ich deutsch
When the American Soldier started speaking Japanese: *CONFUSED HANS*
I'm shocked that Spielberg or anyone hasn't done a movie or a mini series about them already.
Coz he's a jew white propagandists 😊
Hoping for a movie on these guys. What would it be called? “Go for Broke?”
There is already a movie about them. There was a line where a German officer said," Who are these men?" The White American officer replied back," Didn't Hitler tell you that Japan lost so they are now on our side."
@@UnicornGamingRX03 just found the one from the 1950s!! Wow it has the same name! If someone re did the idea with a more gruesome hacksaw ridge style, I’d love that
@@UnicornGamingRX03 damn imagine being the German officer and heard that.
The movie Title would be "GO. FOR. BROKE.: Epic tale about Japanese in Europe"
The Karate Kid, Mr. Miyagi was depicted as a Japanese American decorated Medal of Honor Awardee fought in Europe.
This is the closest thing you'll ever find about Japanese vs Germans in WW2 and a Banzai charge used against the German defenders.
I think there was some of that in WW1.
@@juansoto8112 but it's WW1
@@dairydregone7146 the second closest thing perhaps would be the Chinese vs Japanese in the Battle of Shanghai. It is said they were trained up to Wehrmacht standard, well, few of them
@@nathanb.8114 but it was the Chinese that fought the Japanese. Not Germans
German soldiers: sir i need reinforcement
Hitler: who's attacking us americans ?
German soldier: no japanese
Hitler: WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me:( brain damage) what's going on
Looks like theres a bot here
Filthy Frank: *confused screaming*
this is very confusing
It’s all Fegeleins fault
@Grace Sadly, if Hitler and his staff heard about it, Hitler would probably think everyone is betraying him, and the staff would think it's American propaganda. 😅