Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team in a captured German Schwimmwagen vehicle in the Castellina Sector, near Livorno, Italy, 12 Jul 1944

Caption     Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team in a captured German Schwimmwagen vehicle in the Castellina Sector, near Livorno, Italy, 12 Jul 1944 ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
Identification Code   SC 191701
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Photos on Same Day 12 Jul 1944
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 9 Nov 2008
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop



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1. eric rick says:
17 Feb 2011 12:57:09 PM

i always thought that the story of the Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion would make a great movie, because they were one of the most decorated outfits in the war.

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