100th Infantry Battalion

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United States Army infantry battalion World War II military unit

The 100th Infantry Battalion was a highly decorated U.S. Army unit in World War II composed primarily of Japanese American soldiers from Hawaii, renowned for its combat record in the European Theater.

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Label	Occurrences
100th Infantry Battalion canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army infantry battalion ⓘ World War II military unit ⓘ
activatedOn	1942-06-12 ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
assignedTo	34th Infantry Division ⓘ
associatedWith	Japanese American internment era ⓘ
awarded	Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
branch	United States Army ⓘ
campaignCredit	Naples-Foggia ⓘ Apennines ⓘ surface form: North Apennines Po Valley ⓘ Rome-Arno ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf	Japanese American soldiers ⓘ
compositionPolicy	segregated Japanese American unit ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateFormed	1942-06-12 ⓘ
decorations	Meritorious Unit Commendation ⓘ Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ surface form: Presidential Unit Citation
demobilized	1945 ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Japanese Americans ⓘ surface form: Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans)
formedFrom	Hawaii Army National Guard ⓘ
foughtAgainst	Nazi Germany ⓘ
foughtIn	European theater ⓘ surface form: European Theater
higherCommand	U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ surface form: Fifth Army
integratedInto	442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
laterAttachedTo	442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
legacy	symbol of Japanese American patriotism ⓘ
motto	Remember Pearl Harbor ⓘ
nickname	One Puka Puka ⓘ
notableFor	distinguished combat record in Italy ⓘ high casualty rate ⓘ high number of decorations for valor ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Anzio ⓘ Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign Po Valley Campaign ⓘ Rhineland campaign ⓘ surface form: Rhineland Campaign Rome–Arno Campaign ⓘ
placeFormed	Schofield Barracks ⓘ surface form: Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
recruitmentArea	Hawaii ⓘ
relatedUnit	442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ
role	infantry ⓘ
size	battalion ⓘ
theater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
trainedAt	Camp McCoy, Wisconsin ⓘ Camp Shelby ⓘ surface form: Camp Shelby, Mississippi
type	infantry battalion ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese Americans → militaryUnit → 100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ

442nd Regimental Combat Team → associatedWith → 100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ

442nd Regimental Combat Team → integratedUnit → 100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ