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On maneuvers in Italy, October 1944

Description: A soldier of the 100th Infantry Battalion on reconnaissance during mock maneuvers in Italy prior to going into battle

Date: 12 October 1943

Location: Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1452


Gunner in position to fire

Description: A BAR gunner in the 100th Infantry Battalion takes position during mock maneuvers in Italy prior to going into battle

Date: 12 October 1943

Location: Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC340898


Soldiers take position behind embankment

Description: Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion taking position behind an embankment during mock maneuvers in Italy prior to going into battle

Date: 12 October 1943

Location: Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC340897


Soldiers marching along dirt road

Description: Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion move up to the front in the Valletri area of Italy

Date: 28 May 1944

Location: Valletri Area, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC186683


Secretary of War Stimson visits 442nd

Description: Secretary of War Henry L. Stinson greets a Captain of the 442nd RCT on Route 68, north of Cecina, Italy

Date: 06 July 1944

Location: Cecina Area, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club and Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: SC191698 and HWRD 1616h


Driving a captured German Jeep in Italy, July 1944

Description: Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd RCT in a German jeep captured during the battle for Leghorn

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1456 and SC191701


105 mm Howitzer Crew in Italy, July 1944

Description: Soldiers of the 552nd Field Artillery of the 442nd RCT fire a 105-mm Howitzer at the enemy during the battle for Leghorn

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1453


Soldiers firing 105 mm howitzer

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT fire a 105-mm Howitzer during the battle for Leghorn

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC340910


522nd Field Artillery fire direction center

Description: Members of the 522nd Field Artillery working in the fire direction center

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1442


522nd Field Artillery soldier with Italian soldier

Description: A member of the 522nd Field Artillery of the 442nd RCT with an Italian soldier of the 11th Pack Mule Co.

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1440


Swithcboard operator

Description: A switching central operator of the 442nd RCT is on duty at a forward command post while other operators sleep

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club and Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: SC191702 and HWRD 1519


Hanging laundry to dry in Italy, July 1944

Description: A soldier of the 442nd RCT hangs his laundry on a jeep so it won't be lost during a sudden move

Date: 12 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1457


Three officers of the 442nd RCT

Description: Officers of the 442nd RCT after they received their bars and completed the 12 week course at leadership and battle school

Date: 14 July 1944

Location: S. Agata Di Goti, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1443


A platoon advances in battle for Leghorn

Description: A platoon moves forward in the battle for Leghorn

Date: 15 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1435


Going on leave after the Battle of Leghorn, Italy, July 1944

Description: After 16 days of fighting in the Battle for Leghorn, soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd RCT leave for the regimental reserve

Date: 15 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1455


A sniper in the 100th

Description: A sniper with the 100th Infantry Battalion after 16 days of fighting in the battle for Leghorn

Date: 15 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1434


The 100th rests in Livorno, Italy

Description: Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion rest on the street in Leghorn

Date: [19 July 1944]

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616l


100th soldiers after the battle for Leghorn

Description: Soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion prepare to leave for reserve after 16 days of fighting in the battle for Leghorn

Date: 25 July 1944

Location: Castellina Sector, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1450


Gen. Mark Clark presents Distinguished Unit Citation

Description: Lt. General Mark Clark of the 5th Army pins ribbon awards to each member of the 100th Infantry Battalion to designate the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation

Date: 27 July 1944

Location: Vada Area, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC324155


Memorial Service in Italy, July 1944

Description: A soldier plays taps after the rifle squad fired a salute at a memorial service for 72 members of the 2nd Battalion of the 442nd RCT who were killed during the first month of combat in Italy

Date: 30 July 1944

Location: Cecina Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1447 and 1451


Memorial Service in Italy, July 1944

Description: During a memorial service, Chaplain Hiro Higuchi reads the names of the 72 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the 442nd RCT who were killed during the first month of combat in Italy

Date: 30 July 1944

Location: Cecina Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1454 and 1616t


Chior group sings at memorial service

Description: A choir group of 442nd soldiers sings "Abide in Me" at the memorial ceremony for the 72 members of the 2nd Battalion who died in the first month of combat in Italy

Date: 30 July 1944

Location: Cecina Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1439


Soldier firing rifle

Description: A soldier from the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd RCT fires his M-1 into hills reported active with German snipers

Date: 07 August 1944

Location: Montenero Area, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club and Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: SC340933 and HWRD 1515


100th soldier firing BAR

Description: A soldier in the 100th Infantry Battalion fires at a hillside reported active with German snipers.

Date: 07 August 1944

Location: Montenero Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1518


100th Infantry mortar crew prepares to fire

Description: A 100th Infantry Battalion mortar crew fires into a hill reported active with German snipers

Date: 07 August 1944

Location: Montenero Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1441


100th mortar crew firing

Description: A 100th Infantry Battalion mortar crew fires into a hill reported active with German snipers

Date: 07 August 1944

Location: Montenero Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1448


The 442nd marches through Vada, Italy

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT march through Vada, Italy

Date: [1944]

Location: Vada, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616r


the 442nd advances in Massa, Italy

Description: The 442nd RCT moves through Massa, Italy

Date: [1944]

Location: Massa, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616m


The 442nd fights in Servezza, Italy

Description: The 442nd RCT fights in Seravezza, Italy

Date: [1944]

Location: Seravezza, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616o


Soldiers inspect German field kitchen

Description: Members of the 100th Infantry Battalion inspecting a confiscated German field kitchen at the Fifth Army concentration area in Brescia, Italy

Date: 18 May 1945

Location: Brescia Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1445


100th soldier load trailer

Description: Members of the 100th Infantry Battalion load confiscated German material onto a trailer at the Fifth Army concentration area in Brescia, Italy

Date: 18 May 1945

Location: Brescia Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1446


Co. L recieves Distinguished Unit Citation

Description: Lt. General Lucian Truscott of the 5th Army salutes after fastening the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation Banner to the guidon of Co. L, 3rd Battalion, 442nd RCT at a ceremony in Leghorn, Italy

Date: 04 September 1945

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC213052


442nd recieves Presidential Unit Citation

Description: The 442nd RCT receives a Presidential Unit Citation at a ceremony in Leghorn, Italy

Date: [September 1945]

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616a


The 442nd is honored at award ceremony at Leghorn, Italy

Description: The 442nd RCT is honored at an award ceremony at Yankee Stadium in Leghorn, Italy

Date: [September 1945]

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616c


Award ceremony at Yankee Staduim in Leghorn, Italy

Description: The 442nd RCT is honored at an award ceremony at Yankee Stadium in Leghorn, Italy

Date: [September 1945]

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616b


Review of the 442nd at Leghorn, Italy

Description: A review of the 442nd RCT in Leghorn, Italy

Date: [September 1945]

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616g


Review of the 442nd at Leghorn, Italy

Description: A review of the 442nd RCT in Leghorn, Italy

Date: [September 1945]

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616f


442nd V-J Day Parade at Leghorn, Italy

Description: The 442nd RCT participates in a V-J Day parade in Leghorn, Italy

Date: Unknown

Location: Leghorn, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616e


King George inspects soldiers at Cecina, Italy

Description: King George of England inspects the troops

Date: Unknown

Location: Cecina Area, Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1616d


Soldiers eating chow in the field

Description: Members of the 442nd RCT eating chow in the field

Date: unknown

Location: Italy

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1444


Soldier delivers mail

Description: A Sergeant delivers mail to a soldier in a jeep

Date: Unknown

Location: Unknown

Collection: 442nd Veterans Club

ID Number: SC185160


A soldier digs a slit trench

Description: A soldier digs a slit trench

Date: Unknown

Location: Unknown

Collection: Hawaii War Records Depository

ID Number: 1517

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