JAPANESE-AMERICAN 442nd REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM WWII ARMY NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE #45 45524
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2016
- This WWII issue of the Army-Navy Screen magazine tells the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an infantry regiment of the United States Army, that was composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.
Beginning at the 7:10 mark another segment entitled "The American Way" tells the story of the presidential election of 1944. This wartime election pitted Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee against Republican Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term after the Tuesday, November 7, 1944 election. Turnout was great despite the fact that many Americans were overseas fighting the war, and the newsreel shows the ways that Americans were able to vote despite being overseas and working in support of the war effort.
The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare. The 4,000 men who initially made up the unit in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 14,000 men served, earning 9,486 Purple Hearts. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (five earned in one month). Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor. Its motto was "Go for Broke".
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My family lost one uncle in France with the 442. My grandfather was MIS (translators and code breakers) in the Pacific. He lived to almost 103. Never forget. Go For Broke.
My uncle also. 442 in France.
My Grandfather was a proud memeber of the 442. He would never talk about his service or the families time in Poston. Watching these documentaries is extremly enlighting . The one thing I remember hearing him say was that if the camps were to protect the J.A then why in the hell were the machine guns pointed inward? One Proud Yonsei
Most decorated Army combat unit of WWII. First, they had to prove they were good soldiers, then they had to prove they were Americans. Only one known desertion from the 442nd, a wounded soldier left a field hospital to rejoin his unit. Knowing how tough and reliable they were they were sent on some of the toughest missions of the war. In 2019 no one knows about their greatness and it's up to us to spread the word.
My Grandpa was born in Germany and had a very German name but lived in American since he was an infant . Hr had a similar attitude to these guys go above and beyond to show them you are an American not a German. He ended up retiring from the Army after serving in WW2 Korea and 1 tour of Vietnam.
Its the way my parents raised me. I pledged twice to stand until the end of life. With all our problems God Bless Our America.
Fighting for a country that doesnt even like you, mad respect for them
Cool video. It's interesting to see these kind of videos.
My grandma's brothers were in this
the tower in Pisa was straight until a 442nd soldier leaned on it for a rest.
The Army of United States of America Honoring their Sacred Dead.
Presented intimately, directly, to the Family.
Im so Amaze Thats Films Its Real Caught shots vid YEar 1940s ww2
Heroes
Why are they playing God Save the King in a newsreel about an American regiment?
There's an alternate version of the song called "Let Freedom Ring" with Americanized lyrics
Sorry to contradict Brandon Michaels, but the actual title of the American version is "My Country Tis Of Thee", and the lyrics are:
My country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the Pilgrim's pride
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring
I don't see any phone on anyone hand :P
@fruitsamuraino.2292 so
Now i understand why the batallion suffer a lot..Mark Clark Wayne that's the one of the worst generals in comand in the American army in ww2!
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3:28 It must be insulting to be in a propaganda film about what good American boys they are and have to use bullshit words like "evacuated" and "relocation center".
It should be concentration camp. The US was no better than Germany which persecuted the Jewish people at that time.
@Vixctor13 it wasn't propaganda. These men who are American with Japanese ancestry fought heroically. They were recognized by President Clinton.