442ndRCT Soldier's Forum

Guy has a nice personal collection of insignia, badges and documents about various tidbits concerning them. Tabs on the right will direct you to branch specifics...

http://www.militarybadges.info/pages/us/0cat-index-us-air.htm

Interesting little blog that details the minor things about your Impression. One was how to tie a proper tie, what uniform for what occasions, and how to tell proper WW2 Webslings from postwar.

http://livingwwii.com/

"Wahine", a stray adopted into a mascot by the 442nd Regimental Medics

Some pictures that temujin a member of the WW2zone and ACG posted on his WW2 Database:

This one is interesting, good mix of uniforms here:

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=6690

Caption Japanese-American infantrymen of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team hike up a muddy French road in the Chambois Sector, France, late 1944
Source United States Army Center of Military History

http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=6691

Caption Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team building and crossing a pontoon bridge during training at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States, Jul 1943
Photographer Charles E. Mace
Source Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley

That first picture is great and is part of a (8) photos collecton mentioned in a previous thread
wwii-photos-maps-and-documents-f11/yes-another-442nd-photo-site-t415.html

The second picture was part of a collection (15) photos in this previous thread
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalif ... pic5f.html

The Color Picture of the soldier with the dog is part of a link in our unit's website
http://historylink101.com/ww2_color/index.html

That specific picture of the solider with the dog
http://historylink101.com/ww2_color/Pic ... index.html

From the WW2 Database as well:

http://ww2db.com/images/battle_sfrance9.jpg

Caption Japanese-American troops of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regiment, US 34th Infantry Division resting in bivouac, France, 7 Oct 1944
Source United States Army Signal Corps

http://ww2db.com/images/battle_sfrance10.jpg

Caption Japanese-American soldier of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regiment, US 34th Infantry Division standing guard, near Chambois, France, 12 Oct 1944
Source Hawaii War Records Depository

http://ww2db.com/images/other_none225.jpg

Caption Japanese-American troops of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regiment, US 34th Infantry Division resting in bivouac near Chambois, France, 12 Oct 1944
Source Hawaii War Records Depository


Gents these are excellent resource pictures for the typical impression we are doing for the Vosges scenario. In less than 2 weeks from when these pictures were taken, the men of the 442 would be engaged in their heaviest fighting to date rescuing the "Lost Battalion."

I noticed in that first picture of the three guys there were at least two of the Coleman single burner stoves there.

kanowarrior wrote:I noticed in that first picture of the three guys there were at least two of the Coleman single burner stoves there.

Never noticed that, was paying attention to them and their tents. Interesting.

The WW2db only shows a fraction of the pictures. For more pictures go the source


http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/hwrd/P ... &by=author

Also use the search features, as all of the photos have been cataloged with description and inscriptions written on the back of the photos, all of which makes it easy to find the pictures you want. With over 1,500 pictures there is a lot to look at. There are a lot of "impression" pictures with guys in gear.

Search off of the following---> 442nd, 100th, and 133rd

Here is an example of a guy in the 133rd, yeah the 133rd not the 442nd or so the inscript says

Someone after me own heart could follow

From an Army Signal Corps photo.