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Japanese a merican soldiers in the War against nazi germany J a m e s m. m c c a f f r e y Going for Broke CAMPAIGNS AND COMMANDERS general editor Gregory J. W. Urwin, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania advisory board Lawrence E. Babits, East Carolina University, Greenville James C. Bradford, Texas A&M University, College Station Robert M. Epstein, U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas David M. Glantz, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Jerome A. Greene, Denver, Colorado Victor Davis Hanson, California State University, Fresno Herman Hattaway, University of Missouri, Kansas City J. A. Houlding, Rückersdorf, Germany Eugenia C. Kiesling, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York Timothy K. Nenninger, National Archives, Washington, D.C. Bruce Vandervort, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington Going for Broke Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany James M. McCaffrey University of Oklahoma Press : Norman Also by James M. McCaffrey This Band of Heroes: Granbury’s Texas Brigade, C.S.A. (Austin, Texas, 1985) Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846–1848 (New York, 1992) (with John F. Kinney) Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir (Washington, D.C., 1995) Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds: The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodor Laidley (Denton, Texas, 1997) (ed.) Only a Private: A Texan Remembers the Civil War (Houston, Texas, 2004) The Army in Transformation, 1790–1860 (Westport, Conn., 2006) Inside the Spanish- American War: A History Based on First- Person Accounts (Jefferson, N.C., 2009) Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data McCaffrey, James M., 1946– Going for broke : Japanese American soldiers in the war against Nazi Germany / James M. McCaffrey. pages cm. — (Campaigns and commanders ; volume 36) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8061-4337-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. United States. Army. Infantry Battalion, 100th. 2. United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Regimental histories—United States. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Participation, Japanese American. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Europe. 6. Japanese American soldiers—History— 20th century. I. Title. D769.31100th .M44 2013 940.54'1273—dc23 2012042873 Going for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers in the War against Nazi Germany is Volume 36 in the Campaigns and Commanders series. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc. ∞ Copyright © 2013 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Manufactured in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise- - except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act- - without the prior written permission of the University of Oklahoma Press. To request permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, University of Oklahoma Press, 2800 Venture Drive, Norman OK 73069, or email [email protected]. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Dedicated to the memory of Staff Sergeant Carl K. Morita, Headquarters Battery, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, United States Army Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 3 1. Pearl Harbor and After 17 2. Birth of the 442nd 53 3. Training 70 4. Trial by Fire 113 5. Going Overseas 169 6. The 442nd in Italy 187 7. Fighting in France 227 8. Final Battles 294 9. Peace 322 Epilogue 346 Notes 351 Bibliography 387 Index 401 Illustrations Soldiers playing a game of craps 88 Trainees receive instruction on 37mm anti-t ank gun 100 A soldier receives mule-h andling tips 123 Nisei soldiers visit a wounded comrade in a U.S. hospital 137 A pilot and observer prepare for takeoff 198 A 105mm howitzer in action in Italy 204 Soldiers rest in newly liberated Leghorn, Italy 210 Nisei soldiers ride in a captured German utility vehicle 213 Fighting bunker 243 Hollow artillery projectiles intended for propaganda, used to carry supplies 263 Soldier drying laundry 298 Nisei GI with a German girlfriend 325 Hula dancers entertain returning Hawaiian soldiers 341 GIs disembark from their transport ship in Honolulu 342 ix
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