442nd Regimental Combat Team

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United States Army unit World War II military unit infantry regiment

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a highly decorated U.S. Army unit in World War II composed almost entirely of second-generation Japanese American soldiers, renowned for its extraordinary bravery and combat record in Europe.

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Label	Occurrences
442nd Regimental Combat Team canonical	18
442nd Regimental Combat Team volunteers	1
U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T796485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Context triple: [Japanese Americans, militaryUnit, 442nd Regimental Combat Team]

A. U.S. 42nd Infantry Division
The U.S. 42nd Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Rainbow Division," is a famed U.S. Army unit that saw distinguished combat service in both World Wars and is noted for its role in liberating Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
B. Japanese 3rd Division
The Japanese 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other campaigns during the early 20th century.
C. Japanese 5th Division
The Japanese 5th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that saw extensive combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major early campaigns in China and Southeast Asia.
D. U.S. 45th Infantry Division
The U.S. 45th Infantry Division was a National Guard infantry division of the United States Army that saw extensive combat in World War II, including participation in major European campaigns and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
E. U.S. Army Americal Division
The U.S. Army Americal Division was a World War II U.S. Army infantry division that fought in the Pacific Theater, notably on Guadalcanal and other Solomon Islands campaigns.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Target entity description: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was a highly decorated U.S. Army unit in World War II composed almost entirely of second-generation Japanese American soldiers, renowned for its extraordinary bravery and combat record in Europe.

A. U.S. 42nd Infantry Division
The U.S. 42nd Infantry Division, nicknamed the "Rainbow Division," is a famed U.S. Army unit that saw distinguished combat service in both World Wars and is noted for its role in liberating Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
B. Japanese 3rd Division
The Japanese 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army that played a major combat role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and other campaigns during the early 20th century.
C. Japanese 5th Division
The Japanese 5th Division was an Imperial Japanese Army infantry division that saw extensive combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, noted for its role in major early campaigns in China and Southeast Asia.
D. U.S. 45th Infantry Division
The U.S. 45th Infantry Division was a National Guard infantry division of the United States Army that saw extensive combat in World War II, including participation in major European campaigns and the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
E. U.S. Army Americal Division
The U.S. Army Americal Division was a World War II U.S. Army infantry division that fought in the Pacific Theater, notably on Guadalcanal and other Solomon Islands campaigns.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army unit ⓘ World War II military unit ⓘ infantry regiment ⓘ
associatedWith	100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ
awarded	Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ linked to: Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
awardedCollectively	Medals of Honor to individual members ⓘ numerous Bronze Star Medals ⓘ numerous Distinguished Service Crosses ⓘ numerous Silver Stars ⓘ
branch	United States Army ⓘ
commandLanguage	English ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Go For Broke Monument in Los Angeles ⓘ Go For Broke National Education Center ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf	second-generation Japanese Americans ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decoratedAs	one of the most decorated units in U.S. military history for its size and length of service ⓘ
disbandedOn	1946 ⓘ
engagement	Battle of Biffontaine ⓘ Battle of Bruyères ⓘ Gothic Line offensive ⓘ Rescue of the Lost Battalion ⓘ
ethnicComposition	predominantly Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) ⓘ
formedOn	1943 ⓘ
garrisonDuringWar	various locations in the European Theater ⓘ
historicalContext	service while many Japanese Americans were incarcerated in U.S. internment camps ⓘ
integratedUnit	100th Infantry Battalion ⓘ
legacy	recognized as a symbol of minority contributions to U.S. military history ⓘ
motto	Go for Broke ⓘ
nickname	Go for Broke ⓘ
notableFor	extraordinary bravery ⓘ highly decorated combat record ⓘ service by Japanese American soldiers under suspicion and discrimination ⓘ
notableMemberGroup	Nisei soldiers ⓘ
parentUnit	United States Army Forces in the European Theater ⓘ linked to: European Theater of Operations, United States Army
participatedIn	Italian Campaign ⓘ linked to: Italian campaign Po Valley Campaign ⓘ Rhineland Campaign ⓘ linked to: Rhineland campaign Vosges Campaign ⓘ
raisedFrom	Japanese American volunteers from Hawaii ⓘ Japanese American volunteers from mainland United States ⓘ
size	regiment ⓘ
symbolizes	Japanese American patriotism ⓘ civil rights and loyalty under discrimination ⓘ
theater	European Theater of Operations ⓘ linked to: European Theater of Operations, United States Army
type	regimental combat team ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Japanese Americans → militaryUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

United States Armed Forces in World War II → notableUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Daniel Inouye → militaryUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

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

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

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

VI Corps → composedOf → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Frank H. Ono → memberOf → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

William Kenzo Nakamura → militaryUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

subject linked to: World War II Medal of Honor recipient William Kenzo Nakamura

Battle of Bruyères → combatant → U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

linked to: 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Battle of Bruyères → involvedMilitaryUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Battle of Biffontaine → combatant → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Battle of Biffontaine → involvedUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Battle of Biffontaine → primaryForce → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Minidoka War Relocation Center → hasMilitaryUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team volunteers ⓘ

linked to: 442nd Regimental Combat Team

Go for Broke → usedBy → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Rescue of the Lost Battalion → involvesUnit → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

Go For Broke Monument in Los Angeles → honors → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ

One Puka Puka → associatedWith → 442nd Regimental Combat Team ⓘ