WWII buffs - learn about the Purple Heart Battalion

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The most highly decorated combat regiment in the US Armed Forces, comprising 21 Medal Of Honor recipients.

1) Initially declared non-draftable

2) Many of their parents were interned in 'relocation camps'.

3) Suffered a casualty rate of 314 percent, informally derived from 9,486 Purple Hearts divided by some 3,000 original in-theater personnel.

So, why the strange facts to lead off the above list ? These men were Nisei, Japanese Americans born in the U.S. Although they were permitted to volunteer to fight, Americans of Japanese ancestry were generally forbidden to fight in combat in the Pacific Theater. No such limitations were placed on Americans of German or Italian ancestry who fought against the Axis Powers in the European Theater.

Read the Wiki for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_I...ited_States%29

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Yep and Daniel Inouye the Senator from Hawaii was a Nisei.

Born Daniel Ken Inouye in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 7, 1924

Son of Hyotaro and Kame Inouye

Nisei, second generation Japanese American

Medal of Honor recipient; combat wounded veteran of WWII

Majority leader of the Territorial House of Representatives

Eight-term U.S. Senator; second most-senior member of the U.S.
Senate

Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations

Senior member of Commerce, Rules and Indian Affairs Committees

They also did not inter the Japanese on Hawaii.
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