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| Keywords: Go For Broke.jpg en DA Poster 21-91 France October 1944 The rain and chill which precedes winter in the Vosges mountains had started The 442d Regimental Combat Team was weary and battle-scarred after fighting in Italy Most of its members were Americans of Japanese ancestry Men with names like Sumida Miyamoto Takemoto and Tanaka would write a bright page in the history of the U S Army On 27 October the 442d was called on to rescue a surrounded U S battalion They attacked the heavily fortified defenses of a superior German force Fighting was desperate often hand-to-hand By 30 October nearly half the regiment had become casualties Then something happened in the 442d By ones and twos almost spontaneously and without orders the men got to their feet and with a kind of universal anger moved toward the enemy positions Bitter hand-to-hand combat ensued as the Americans fought from one fortified position to the next Finally the enemy broke in disorder Go For Broke was more than a motto for the 442d Regimental Combat Team At a special ceremony to honor the 442d seeing only a few hundred men the Divison Commander asked why the whole regiment was not present Colonel Charles W Pence is said to have replied Sir this is the entire regiment 2012-07-18 http //www history army mil/html/artphoto/pripos/usaia2 html United States Army PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard History of Vosges Western Front in 1944 World War II World War II in October 1944 442nd Regimental Combat Team Tanks in art Battles in art | ||||
