" (American Valor). Based on these circumstances, Japanese Americans were no longer treated the same as other Americans. However, the United States needed soldiers to fight and there were many influential Americans such as Colonel Moses W. Pettigrew, Hawaii's Military Governor, General Delos C. Emmons and Fleet Chief Admiral Chester Nimitz who recommended the use of Japanese American soldiers. During a hearing of a military board appointed in July 1942 to study the question of allowing Japanese Americans to be soldiers, Colonel Pettigrew stated:.
="The great majority of second-generation citizens of Japanese ancestry was unquestionably loyal. (He recommended) that a Division of these men be formed in the Army of the United States for combat duty in the theater of war where they would not have to fight Japanese . . . that if such a Division were formed, he would be willing to serve as one of its officers. " (Origins of the 442nd).
After the study by the military board, President Roosevelt approved in February 1943 the formation of Japanese Americans into fighting units. One of these units, the 442nd Regiment, consisted of Japanese Americans who wanted to prove their loyalty to the United States. This unit adopted the motto "Remember Pearl Harbor ". This motto is a testimony of the 442nd Regiment's loyalty to the United States and their treatment of the attack by the Japanese Empire as an attack on them. More importantly, they proved their loyalty and willingness to fight for the United States with their performance during World War II. After eight campaigns in Italy and France, the soldiers of the 442nd Regiment received one Congressional Medal of Honor, three Presidential Unit Citations, nine Legion of Merits, eight Soldier's Medals, 238 Bronze Stars of Valor, 30 Division Commendations, 24 Distinguished Service Crosses, 147 Silver Stars, 1,703 Purple Hearts and 2,173 Bronze Stars for Meritorious Service (Battalion and Individual Honors).
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