Bundled Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT gather in front of a tent pitched in a snowy, wooded area in France. November 13, 1944

Source: National Archives (111-SC-341438)

Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT, 2nd Battalion. November 11, 1944

Source: National Archives (111-SC-196516)

Two Japanese-American color guard and color bearers of the 442nd RCT stand at attention while their citation is read for saving the lost battalion in France. November 12, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-196716)

Members of the 442nd RCT, 100th Infantry Battalion on the chow line. Charmois area, France, October 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-340904)

Japanese-American soldiers of Battery A, 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd RCT prepare shells. France, November 9, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-340947)

Major General John E. Dahlquist. 36th Division. March 1945. He ordered the 442nd to save the Lost Battalion.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-204931)

Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT, 2nd Battalion on a muddy road in the Chambois Sector of France. October 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-253983)

Soldier of the 141st Infantry Regiment -- the lost battalion -- rests after being rescued by the 442nd RCT in France. October 31, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-196052)

Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT advance up a steep hillside in France. November 4, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-195666)

Front line infantrymen of the lost battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment relax around a camp fire after being rescued by 442nd RCT in France. October 31, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-196053)

Japanese-American soldiers of Co. E, 442nd RCT train at Camp Shelby, MS. May 13, 1943. Daniel Inouye is in the right column, second from the front.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-176302)

Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.

Source: Daniel Inouye

Daniel Inouye, right, and his father. Inouye would receive the Medal of Honor 55 years after he was badly wounded in Italy.

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Daniel Inouye home on furlough.

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Portrait of 2LT Daniel K. Inouye. Co. E, 2d Bn., 442d RCT.

Source: U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii (USAMH2986)

Sgt. Daniel K. Inouye cuts hair at Camp Shelby in Meridian, Mississippi. March 31, 1944

Source: U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii (USAMH3042)

Daniel Inouye's War Department ID. Inouye volunteered for the all Japanese-American 442nd RCT.

Source: Daniel Inouye

Thanks to African-American blood, Daniel Inouye survived his wounds.

Describing the action that earned him a Medal of Honor, Inouye said, "What the men told me I did, I said, 'No, it can't be. ' "

Even a decorated soldier in uniform experienced racial prejudice back home.