Helen Yamashige holds a photo of her late husband, Fred Yamashige who was part of the original 100th Infantry Battalion. Next to her is Leonard Oka president of the Maui’s Sons and Daughters of ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A group of school children in L’Escarene in southern France shared their aloha with special visitors from Hawaii — loved ones of Hawaii-born soldiers who liberated ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) - The U.S. Army has republished an article detailing the history of the famed 442nd ...

More than 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, with many serving with the 100th Infantry Battalion or the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The reason Go for ...

In June 1944, The men who signed on with the 442nd would find themselves in Italy, fighting alongside the 100th Infantry Battalion, the battle-tested unit made up mostly of Japanese Americans from ...