Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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442nd RCT Nisei veteran Yosh Nakamura recalls traveling from France to Italy by boat — not his favorite mode of travel — and how General Mark Clark, commander of the Fifth Army in Italy, ordered the 442nd to remove their unit insignias. The German high command held the segregated Nisei unit in such high regard that they would send reinforcements if they knew where they were fighting.