442nd Regimental Combat Team

"The 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army, was a unit composed of Japanese Americans that fought in Europe during the Second World War. The families of many of its soldiers were subject to internment. The 442nd was designed as a self-sufficient fighting formation, and fought with distinction in Italy, south France and Germany, becoming one of the most highly decorated units in the history of the U.S. Army."

Came across this link via Cynical-C Blog . I found it interesting because my stepfather joined the US Army in 1945. He is a Nisei, a Japanese-American born in Hawaii. He remained with the State Department until he retired and was posted to Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Burma among other places. He acted as an interpreter and Mr. Nag and I suspect that he was a spy. To this day he remains troubled by the horrors he witnessed during those years.