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,…
Berlin, Germany • August 16, 1944 On this date in 1944, two-and-one-half months after the Allies had landed on the Normandy coast of German-occupied Northwestern France (Operation Overlord) and one day after thousands of servicemen from the U.S. Seventh and French First armies had landed by air and sea on the French Riviera in the…
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,…