Japanese-American troops of the United States Army, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (Nisei) break through German lines in France, during World War II, to rescue the "Lost Battalion" of the 36th Division in the Vosges Mountains. Soldiers load mortar shells with supplies and food to be fired near the 36th Division Lost Battalion position, to provide vital supplies. A mortar shell is loaded with supplies and a launcher fires supply shells. Japanese-American soldiers advance in the Vosges Mountains of France, defeat the German soldiers there, take some Germans prisoner, and and rescue the U.S. Army Lost Battalion members. Relief forces arrive and wounded soldiers are rescued and transported in jeeps. Soldiers of Japanese ancestry in U.S. Army are honored for their bravery. United States Army General Dahlquist presents awards to 442nd Regimental Combat Team Japanese-American soldiers and salutes them. Soldiers raise the United States flag.
Japanese-American Army officers examine map during World War 2. Japanese-American soldiers talk on field telephone and walkie-talkie. Soldiers crouched in woods waiting to advance. Soldier carries bazooka. Soldiers advance through woods in Vosges Mountains of France during operation to rescue the Lost Battalion. Soldiers lift litter case onto jeep. Jeep with wounded on litter tied to hood. Machine gun crew fires machine guns.German prisoners march under Japanese-American guard. Column of American-Japanese single file along road. Members of the U.S. Army 36th Division "Lost Battalion" are seen returning to American lines following rescue. Soldier with blanket wrapped around him. Members of Lost Battalion trek back to lines through woods. Group of Lost Battalion members rests with Red Cross insignia in the foreground. Soldiers eat and smoke cigarettes.
A film titled 'Jap-American troops save lost Battalion' shows a barrage of food and medicine being loaded in artillery shells to be sent to 141st Infantry 36th Division behind enemy lines in Vosges Mountains of France during World War II. U.S. Army 442nd Combat Team comprised of Japanese-American soldiers advances in forests to rescue the "Lost Battalion." Soldiers of rescued Lost Battalion are seen returning, some smoking cigarettes. Wounded soldiers being carried away in military jeeps for medical aid.
U.S. Army Second Battalion medical aid station of the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Belmont Sector, France during World War 2, fighting to rescue the Lost Battalion in the Vosges Mountains. Japanese-American soldiers seeking treatment. Soldiers carry a fallen soldier to the medical aid station, on a litter. Medics check for a pulse by hand and with a stethoscope. They confirm the soldier to be dead. Body of the fallen soldier is wrapped in canvas and placed near those of two fallen comrades. A queue of ambulatory wounded seen at the aid station.
Second Battalion Aid station of Japanese-American 442nd Regimental combat team in Belmont, France during World War 2. A jeep bearing a red cross flag carries a wounded soldier to 2nd Battalion aid station. The wounded soldier is examined and his chest bandages are secured by medics, who then write up report.. The soldiers were engaged in battle to rescue the Lost Battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
A front line aid station of the U.S. Army Japanese-American 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Belmont, France during World War II, while engaging to rescue the Lost Battalion in the Vosges Mountains. Medics treat wounded soldiers. One soldier is treated for a hand wound, and another for a shoulder wound.
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