Japanese-American infantrymen of the 442nd Combat Team hike up a muddy French road to their new bivouac area, October 14, 1944.

<p>L. Stuart Hirai, an independent historian of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, serves on the board of governors of the Go For Broke National Education Center.</p>


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L. Stuart Hirai, an independent historian of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, serves on the board of governors of the Go For Broke National Education Center.

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<p><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.</p>


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