Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Nisei

As I may have mentioned in class, the most highly decorated American unit in World War II was one comprised of Japanese-Americans. Nisei are 1st generation Japanese not born in Japan, or in this case, 1st generation Japanese-Americans.

The unit was the 442nd Infantry Regiment of the 34th Infantry Division. They fought in Italy, France, and Germany.

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