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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service, in the entire history of the US Military. In total, about 18,000 men served, ultimately earning 9,486 Purple Hearts, 21 Medals of Honor and an unprecedented seven Presidential Unit Citations.
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the regiment is best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry, nisei, who faught in world war 2
