Not all the Japs were enemies. 442nd Regiment Combat Team

• Shotgun

  21 Sep 05, 15:16

  This is the story the most decorated unit in American history. A regiment composed of all Japanese-Americans in WW2 that fought for the USA.
  
  Here is link of their story and some of their exploits.
  
  http://members.aol.com/ItalyWW2/442RCT.htm
• LazerLordz

  21 Sep 05, 15:26

  The brave ones.
• crazy monkey

  21 Sep 05, 18:15

  they were send to fight in Europe.
• zenden9

  21 Sep 05, 20:46

  Originally posted by crazy monkey:

  they were send to fight in Europe.

  LOL!!! If they were sent to Pacific for combat,I think it will be a different story! I think the US was alos smart not to sent them to Pacific for battle. But if the're loyalties were no doubt,their uderstanding of Japanese language will be crucial to US in combat against Imperial Japan.
• Shotgun

  22 Sep 05, 18:08

  It would not have been smart to send them to fight in the pacific. Imperial Japanese soldiers could then take captured american uniforms and infiltrate american positions. Thats a big problem.
  
  
• LazerLordz

  22 Sep 05, 18:10

  Originally posted by zenden9:

  LOL!!! If they were sent to Pacific for combat,I think it will be a different story! I think the US was alos smart not to sent them to Pacific for battle. But if the're loyalties were no doubt,their uderstanding of Japanese language will be crucial to US in combat against Imperial Japan.

  In war, it's always better to play safe.Sad, but humanity is not rich in trust.
• fudgester

  22 Sep 05, 21:25

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  In war, it's always better to play safe.Sad, but humanity is not rich in trust.

  The general American populace didn't even trust the Japanese-Americans after what happened to Pearl Harbor. All sorts of wild accusations came out that they had acted as ground spotters for the Japanese Zeros, spied for the Japanese, etc, etc....
  
  After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese-Americans were interned in concentration camps... even those who were 2nd generation Jap-Americans who were born on US soil. Not as bad as what the Nazis did, but denying freedom to innocent human beings is still a crime against humanity. I think FDR himself signed the executive order.
  
  The creation of the 442nd All-Nisei Regiment was supposedly to atone for their 'sins'.
  
  I find it heartening that they were the most-decorated US combat unit in WWII... goes to show the triumph of the human spirit against adversity.
• *Thank You*

  22 Sep 05, 21:51

  
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  22 Sep 05, 21:51