George T. Sakato
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George Taro Sakato was an American combat soldier of World War II who received the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for valor.
Private George Sakato, US Army
Sakato in 2009
George Sakato in 2013
442nd Infantry Regiment
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The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated unit in U.S. military history, a
George T. Sakato
…Sakato joined the US Army in March 1944. He volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team and was assigned to 3rd platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion. The US Army unit was mostly made up of Americans of Japanese descent from Hawaii and the…
100th Infantry soldiers receiving grenade training in 1943
442nd recruits building then attacking across a pontoon bridge at Camp Shelby
A 442nd RCT squad leader, Sergeant Goichi Suehiro, checks for German units in France in November 1944.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team hiking up a muddy road in the Chambois Sector, France, in late 1944