| Caption | Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team in a captured German Schwimmwagen vehicle in the Castellina Sector, near Livorno, Italy, 12 Jul 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps | ||||||||
| Identification Code | SC 191701 | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 12 Jul 1944 | ||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
| Added Date | 9 Nov 2008 | ||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943
17 Feb 2011 12:57:09 PM
i always thought that the story of the Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion would make a great movie, because they were one of the most decorated outfits in the war.