442nd Infantry Regiment Patch

Object/Artifact

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Wright Museum of WWII

2012.126.081

2012.126.081

Name/Title

442nd Infantry Regiment Patch

Entry/Object ID

2012.126.081

Description

Patch, unit affiliation, US Army, 442nd Infantry Regiment. White embroidered torch in a hand, on a blue embroidered background, with white edge and a red border around patch edges. Worn 1943 to 1946. The 442nd was activated at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and composed primarily of Americans of Japanese ancestry.

Update Date

March 18, 2024