JAPANESE AMERICAN 442nd RCT ON THRESHOLD OF FAME
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,…