Japanese Americans formed the US Army's Nisei 442d Regimental Combat Team (RCT). It fought extraordinarily hard in #Italy, Southern #France, etc. It is one of the most decorated units ever in US #history. #WW2 #WWII @centerepublican @CALUSA18 @milmodelscene @coloner_raideen

#USArmy: Nissei 442nd Regiment's Sadao Munemori. KIA Italy. Sacrificed self for buddies after knocking out two MGs. First Asian American to receive #MedalOfHonor in WWII. He served USA while family interred in American concentration camps. #RenameTheBases

3/ This #442ndRCT man fought in Italy. Hit by heart; bullet stopped by 2 silver dollars! Fought in France. Lost arm to grenade SHOT at him. Bronze Star, Purple Heart, #DSC #MOH. Post-war: JD. #USRepresentative, #USSenator. Honolulu Airport named for him. His name? Daniel Inouye.

4/ Japanese Americans were interned in concentration camps (called internment camps) right here in the USA even as FDR said, about the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team, "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry." Sure.

5/ Japanese Americans were given little time to pack or batten up their homes, stores, etc. to board trains to the internment camps. It was forced and affected 114,000.

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