Marseille, France • September 29, 1944 On this date in September 1944 three U.S. Liberty cargo ships arrived off the port of Marseille, France, carrying the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), their weapons, and vehicles. The 442nd consisted of Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) volunteers from the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii who had been recruited,…
Camp Savage, Minnesota • June 1, 1942 On this date in 1942 Japanese linguistic classes began at the U.S. Army’s Camp Savage, 15 miles from Minneapolis, Minnesota, for 200 enlisted men, of whom 193 were Nisei (second-generation U.S. offspring of Japanese immigrants) and the remainder Caucasian. Camp Savage’s 6-month curriculum trained Japanese-speaking soldiers in gathering, translating, analyzing,…
Marseille, France • September 29, 1944 On this date in September 1944 three U.S. Liberty cargo ships arrived off the port of Marseille, France carrying the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT), their weapons, and vehicles. The 442nd consisted of Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) volunteers from the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii who had been recruited,…