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Veterans of the 141st Infantry Regiment and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team are recognized at the 65th anniversary of the rescue of the "Lost Battalion" in Houston, Texas, Nov. 1, 2009. The 442nd, a segregated unit comprised of mostly Japanese Americans, became the most decorated in U.S. military history, earning the nickname: the "Purple Heart Battalion."

Veterans of the 141st Infantry Regiment and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team are recognized at the 65th anniversary of the rescue of the "Lost Battalion" in Houston, Texas, Nov. 1, 2009. The 442nd, a segregated unit comprised of mostly Japanese Americans, became the most decorated in U.S. military history, earning the nickname: the "Purple Heart Battalion."

Veterans of the 141st Infantry Regiment and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team are recognized at the 65th anniversary of the rescue of the "Lost Battalion" in Houston, Texas, Nov. 1, 2009. The 442nd, a segregated unit comprised of mostly Japanese Americans, became the most decorated in U.S. military history, earning the nickname: the "Purple Heart Battalion."

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