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The '442nd Regimental Combat Team' was notable during World War II for being:

  1. The first integrated unit in the U.S. Army
  2. A highly decorated unit composed almost entirely of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans)
  3. The unit responsible for the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp
  4. The group that developed the Navajo Code used in the Pacific
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Correct answer: A highly decorated unit composed almost entirely of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans)

Despite their families being held in internment camps, Nisei soldiers fought valiantly in Europe. The 442nd became the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.

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