GO FOR BROKE THE INSPIRING STORY OF THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN 442ND BRIGADE IN WWII FRANCE
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 20 March 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this story we follow the lives of three Japanese-American marines who joined the newly created 442nd division in France in 1943- leaving behind their families on the US west coast- families which had been forced to give up their possessions and move to internment camps due to a national panic caused by fear of a Japanese attack on the west coast. The legendary tenacity of the Japanese-American Regimental Combat Division throughout 7 campaigns in Italy and France made them the most decorated unit for their size and length of service in US history.
Credits: 'Honor Before Glory' One hour docudrama
'Go For Broke' 1951 classic movie;
www.the442nd.org
www.goforbroke.org
Books: Honor Before Glory Scott McGough deCapo Press 2016
Shenkle, Kathryn (May 2006). "Patriots under Fire: Japanese Americans in World War II". United States Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Center of Military History
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| 0:00.0 | . |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome back everyone to one thousand one heroes of legends histories and |
| 0:35.1 | mysteries podcast. This is your host John Hagridorn and today's story titled |
| 0:40.0 | Go for Broke the inspiring true story of the 442nd Japanese American |
| 0:44.7 | combat regiment in France during the rescue of the lost battalion in World |
| 0:48.5 | War II is one of the most inspiring stories I've ever come across. The |
| 0:53.3 | Japanese American men who comprised the Army's 442nd Division showed |
| 0:57.1 | unmatched courage and sacrifice under fire as if they had something to |
| 1:00.8 | prove and they did earning more than 9,000 purple hearts, 6,000 bronze and |
| 1:06.5 | silver stars and nearly two dozen medals of honor in seven hard fought |
| 1:10.3 | campaigns against the Nazis. They fought in seven campaigns in World |
| 1:14.4 | War II but are best remembered for rescuing the lost battalion |
| 1:18.0 | comprised largely of a Texas National Guard unit which resulted in one of |
| 1:22.2 | the most heroic ground battles in American history. That Texas unit |
| 1:26.8 | the one forty first was trapped deep in the vastest forest near the border of |
| 1:31.0 | Germany and surrounded by 6,000 well-entrenched German soldiers who have been |
| 1:35.3 | ordered not to retreat. This is the story of what was called the Nisi |
| 1:39.9 | Go for Broke battalion the 142nd regimental combat team comprised of |
| 1:46.0 | Japanese American soldiers and their white officers. They were to become the |
| 1:50.2 | most highly decorated regiment in US military history for its size and length |
| 1:54.4 | of service. An important note all of you are aware of my coverage of Japanese |
| 2:00.7 | atrocities committed upon our captured allied troops and civilian nurses by the |
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