Description

THE 442ND COMBAT TEAM

 · World War II ·

54 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Published by the Information-Education Section, MTOUSA, and compiled by members of the unit, this is the battle record of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese-American (Nisei) soldiers of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the 232nd Combat Engineer Company. It traces the story from activation in Hawaii and training at Camp Shelby through the Italian campaign, the road to Rome, the Vosges fighting in France including the rescue of the “lost battalion,” the Maritime Alps front, and the final return to Italy from Massa to Genoa and the end of the Wehrmacht, closing with decoration and casualty tables. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime publication.

Campaigns: Activation & Training (Hawaii, Camp Shelby) · Naples-Foggia / Road to Rome · Rome-Arno (“Airborne”) · Battle of Bruyeres & the “Lost Battalion” · Rhineland-Maritime Alps · Po Valley (Massa to Genoa)

Commanders: Lt. Col. Farrant L. Turner (100th Bn., activation) · Lt. Col. Gordon Singles (100th Bn.) · Colonel Charles W. Pence (Combat Team Commander) · Colonel Virgil R. Miller (Combat Team Commander)

Unit publication: unknown

Table of Contents

Activation and Training

The 100th Infantry Battalion — Road to Rome

The 442d Combat Team — Rome to the Arno, “Airborne”

The Battle of Bruyeres — “Lost Battalion” — “The Champagne Campaign”

Return to Italy — Massa to Genoa, End of the Wehrmacht

The Forgotten Men

Decorations

Casualty Table

“If each man does his job, you have a team that will not be beaten. Such was the 442d Combat Team.”

— The Forgotten Men