Four-Four-Two, F Company At War: 442nd Regimental Combat Team

The story of F Company of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Japanese American Army Regiment which fought with distinction in Italy and France during World War II.
Produced in 2014 and broadcast nationally on PBS stations over the 2015-2016 Memorial Day Weekend.
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by Peter K. Wakamatsu
Interviewed:
Ronald Oba
Stanley Matsumura
Wataru Kohashi
Tadashi (Tommy) Tamagawa
Kaoru Masuda
Dedicated to:
1st Sgt Jack K. Wakamatsu
T/Sgt Abraham G. Ohama
T/Sgt Jimmy T. Shimizu
S/Sgt Kazuo Masuda
T/Sgt Zentaro "George" Akiyama
2nd Lt Masuo Chomori
Visit the 442nd Regimental Combat Team Legacy Website at www.the442.org/

[@joemoore4027]

My father served in the 442nd Regimental Combat team in the war as a private. He passed away in 2012 and through out my life I never knew he served in the 442nd. He was in the war but never talked about being in the Japanese American Combat team. I knew he received a purple heart and bronze star in action fighting the Germans in Italy. I only found out through my mothers stories about his service. He was treated poorly when he was sent home to recover from a land mine injury. His home town still saw him as a " Jap ". He was even spat on in uniform by a local woman on the town bus and was thrown off when he was on leave. When he received a letter from the US government decades after serving thanking him for his service he burned the letter. He never forgot how he and his team was treated fighting for a country he cared for dearly. I wished he had talked about his military duty to me, but it was too late. I served 5 years in the US Navy in the 1970's at the end of the Vietnam war.

[@lonebeagle]

What is the name of his home town? His treatment in the States is unusual--I can't recall 442 vets having such an experience.