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German Officers Dismissed The Americans -- Then The Nisei 442nd Rescued The Lost Battalion (Original Post) YoshidaYui Sep 2025 OP
Thank you YepYep Sep 2025 #1
I plan on watching this when I have chance. It's always interested me... NNadir Sep 2025 #2
Wasn't a TEXAS battalion they rescued? Wonder Why Sep 2025 #3
Yes YepYep Sep 2025 #4

NNadir

(38,547 posts)
2. I plan on watching this when I have chance. It's always interested me...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:02 AM
Sep 2025

...how two fascist states with racist ideology became allies, albeit without consequence of combined military actions owing to geography.

YepYep

(106 posts)
4. Yes
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 10:23 AM
Sep 2025

Yes, the lost battalion was a Texas army unit. The 442nd was a Japanese-American unit that was sent in to rescue them when no one else could.

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