December 7th, 1941 was the day that Japan attacked the United States with bombs killing more than 2,300 Americans, destroying twelve ships and a hundred sixty aircrafts, and damaged nine ships and one hundred and fifty aircrafts. This attack startled the United States, and influenced the United States the next day to enter World War 2. This day is famously known as Pearl Harbor Day. Americans and the American government chose to take drastic measures due to the war at the time. Ten weeks later on February 19th, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which was recommended from his concerned administration. This recommendation was caused after Pearl Harbor because of a rumor that was spread from race prejudice.
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Some key reasons why this team was created was because it would allow Japanese-American’s to defend the United States, it would help make the case that Japanese-American’s were loyal to America and the people who were prejudice towards them could have a second opinion, it would counter the propaganda that America was involved in a “race war” in the Far East. This team was comprised of the following units: 442nd Infantry Regiment, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the 232nd Combat Engineer Company. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a famous all-Japanese combat team that was deployed in Italy and Germany. Some of their campaigns include in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations are the Rome-Arno Campaign from January 25, 1944 to September 1944, Northern Apennines Campaign from April 1-4, 1945, and Po Valley Campaign from April 5, 1945 to May 5, 1945. In the European Theater of Operations some of their campaigns include the following: Rhineland Campaign-Vosges from October 10, 1944 to November 1944, and the Rhineland Campaign- Maritime Alps from November 21, 1944 to March 17, 1945. This team won numerous decorations. “These men were shy, self-effacing, extremely polite, and personally clear. They are cheerful and anxious for orders, and orders were carried out without questions.” In June 1944, the 442nd Combat team would combine with the 100th Infantry team to become the 442nd 1st battalion
Some key reasons why this team was created was because it would allow Japanese-American’s to defend the United States, it would help make the case that Japanese-American’s were loyal to America and the people who were prejudice towards them could have a second opinion, it would counter the propaganda that America was involved in a “race war” in the Far East. This team was comprised of the following units: 442nd Infantry Regiment, the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, and the 232nd Combat Engineer Company. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a famous all-Japanese combat team that was deployed in Italy and Germany. Some of their campaigns include in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations are the Rome-Arno Campaign from January 25, 1944 to September 1944, Northern Apennines Campaign from April 1-4, 1945, and Po Valley Campaign from April 5, 1945 to May 5, 1945. In the European Theater of Operations some of their campaigns include the following: Rhineland Campaign-Vosges from October 10, 1944 to November 1944, and the Rhineland Campaign- Maritime Alps from November 21, 1944 to March 17, 1945. This team won numerous decorations. “These men were shy, self-effacing, extremely polite, and personally clear. They are cheerful and anxious for orders, and orders were carried out without questions.” In June 1944, the 442nd Combat team would combine with the 100th Infantry team to become the 442nd 1st battalion