The 100th Battalion & 442nd Infantry, is the only thing that is remaining from the unit in the Army Reserve Force. Their headquarters is located in Fort Shafter, Hawaii. They also have units in Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam. The units are under the control of the 9th Regional Support Command.The 100th/442nd's mission is to be 1of tseveral maneuver battalion's of the 29th Separate Infantry Brigade.for more info The 100th Infantry Battalion came from Hawaii's National Guard, and distinguished itself in Italy before it joined the 442d R.C.T. on June 10, 1944. The unit was identified as 100/442d R.C.T. in tribute to its previous war record. The team also included the 442d Infantry Regiment, the 522d Field Artillery Battalion, the 232d Combat Engineer Company, and the 206th Army Ground Forces Band. for other info





The 442nd/ 100th sustained 9,486 wouned and over 600 were killed or suffered, it was the highest casualty rate of any american units during World War II. The men of the Nisei won 52 Distiinguished Service Crosses, 560 Sliver Stars snd the Congressional Medal of Honor war awarded. The 442nd RCT also won seven converted awards such as the Presidental Unit Citations for its performance. Learn More About The 442nd RCT!

When the United States needed Japanese-speaking soldiers The Nisei were the 1st to answer the call for The Military Intelligence Service. They served their country under many circumstances but not the least of which was their fellow soldiers who still saw them as the enemy. They served the soldiers by : interrogating the prisoners, translating the doucments that they had capured, and intercepting message. The Japanese soldiers that joined with the U.S Military saved lives and shorten the war by about 2 years.More of The Military Intelligence Service

Military Intelligence Hall of Fame

• Arthur S. Komori (1988)
• Richard Sakakida (1988)
• Harry K. Fukuhara ( 1988)
• Roy Matsumoto (1997)

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The Combat Team would allow boys to join if they were at least 13 years of age. The boys & men who joined the Combat Team did it to show their loyalty to their country. The 100th fought valiantly while suffering many caualties, by Febuary 1944. It could only muster about 561 men. The 442nd lost over 800 casualities of their rosters. They recovering 211 members of the 1st Battalion. (1)
When WW II started in 1941, there were 5,000 Japanese in the U.S. forces. Many of the Japanese were discharged , but if they weren't they were classified as a 4-C " the enemy aliens". The battalion of the Nisei volunteers got formed in May 1942 and January 1943. The U.S. department annouced the formation of the 42nd RCT was going to be made up of the Nisei. In 1944 the 42nd RCT joined forces with the 100th Infantry Battalion. Due to the bravey of the heavy combat duty that they all had faced. The 100th & 442nd RCT was the most decorated unit in the U.S military history. It was over 18,000 individual decorations for the bravery. 9,500 Purple Hearts and 7 Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations.