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Combat
More than sixteen million Americans served in the armed forces during the war. Fewer than a million ever saw serious combat. Those that did learned to endure the hardships of battle, be it on the ground, in the air or on the sea. They endured the terror of being shelled, adjusted to killing and kept going by focusing on the task at hand and, mainly, because they didn't want to let the man next to them down.
More than sixteen million Americans served in the armed forces during the war. Fewer than a million ever saw serious combat. Those that did learned to endure the hardships of battle, be it on the ground, in the air or on the sea. They endured the terror of being shelled, adjusted to killing and kept going by focusing on the task at hand and, mainly, because they didn't want to let the man next to them down.
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Weary Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion -- Daniel Inouye's unit -- take a rest in Leghorn, Italy. July 19, 1944.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-192071)
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Near Velletri, Italy, Japanese-Americans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 34th Division advance along a dusty road. May 28, 1944
Source: National Archives (111-SC-186637)
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The 11th Armored Division advances. Burnett Miller of Sacramento served in this company and found himself involved in the Battle of the Bulge.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-207057)
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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)
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Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT, 2nd Battalion. November 11, 1944
Source: National Archives (111-SC-196516)
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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)
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Members of the 442nd RCT, 100th Infantry Battalion on the chow line. Charmois area, France, October 1944.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-340904)
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Japanese-American soldiers of Battery A, 522nd Field Artillery, 442nd RCT prepare shells. France, November 9, 1944.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-340947)
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Major General John E. Dahlquist. 36th Division. March 1945. He ordered the 442nd to save the Lost Battalion.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-204931)
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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)
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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)
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Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd RCT run for cover from a German artillery shelling. Italy, April 4, 1945.
Source: National Archives (WC-1031)
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Japanese-American soldiers of the 442nd RCT advance up a steep hillside in France. November 4, 1944.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-195666)
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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)
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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)
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Black Marines of the 51st Defense Bn. -- John Gray's unit -- with a gun named "Lena Horne." 1945.
Source: National Archives (127-N-121743)
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Line of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment-- Eugene Sledge's unit -- march, gear on their backs, through the hills at Peleliu. Oct. 1944.
Source: National Archives (127-N-97412)
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Cpl. Carlton Chapman is a machine-gunner in an M-4 tank with the 761st Tank Battalion doing battle near Nancy, France. November 5, 1944.
Source: National Archives
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A cautious soldier, Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USZ62-131973)
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A soldier tries to keep warm as the weather turns in France. November 3, 1944.
Source: National Archives (111-SC-195939-S)
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