Editing Sadao Munemori (section)

==Soldier==
Munemori had volunteered for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in November 1941, one month before the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], and he was inducted in February 1942.<ref name="Tamashiro"/><ref name = "NARA">{{cite web | title = WWII Army Enlistment Record #39019023 Munemori, Sadao S. | publisher = U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) | url = https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Sadao+Munemori&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=7559539 | date = 2002-09-30 | access-date = 2012-12-25}}</ref> Along with all other Japanese American soldiers, he was soon after demoted to [[Selective Service System#Classifications|4-C class]], removed from combat training and assigned to menial labor.<ref name="Niiya3" /> While he was transferred to a series of Midwestern and Southern army bases (eventually winding up at [[Camp Savage]], Minnesota), his parents and siblings were [[Internment of Japanese Americans|incarcerated]] at [[Manzanar]].<ref name="Tamashiro"/>

When Japanese American soldiers were allowed to reenter active service in March 1943, Munemori volunteered to be part of the all-''Nisei'' [[442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|442nd Regimental Combat Team]].<ref name="GFB">{{cite web|publisher=Go for Broke National Education Center |url=http://www.goforbroke.org/history/history_historical_medal_munemori.asp |title=Medal of Honor Recipient Private First Class Sadao S. Munemori |access-date=2012-12-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813061808/http://www.goforbroke.org/history/history_historical_medal_munemori.asp |archive-date=August 13, 2012 }}</ref> This segregated army unit was made up entirely of Japanese Americans, with most initial recruits coming from Hawaii.<ref name = "GlobalSecurity">{{cite web | title = 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry | url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/100-442in.htm | publisher = Global Security | access-date = 2012-12-25}}</ref> The unit began as the [[100th Infantry Battalion (United States)|100th Infantry]], initially listed as a separate battalion, and fought as part of the [[133rd Infantry Regiment (United States)|133rd Infantry Regiment]] within the [[34th Infantry Division (United States)|34th Infantry Division]]. After the Allied [[Operation Shingle|capture of Rome]], the battalion withdrew from the front and became the 1st Battalion of the 442nd RCT.<ref name ="Niiya2">{{cite book | last = Niiya | first = Brian | title = Japanese American History: An A-To-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present | pages = 277&ndash;386}}</ref> Munemori was sent to [[Camp Shelby]] in January 1944 and, after completing his combat training three months later, joined the 100th Battalion in the European Theater. Fighting in Italy and France, he participated in the rescue of the [[Lost Battalion (World War II)|Lost Battalion]] before arriving on the [[Gothic Line]], where he was killed in action saving the lives of two of his comrades.<ref name="Niiya3" />

In 1990s, the awards issued to 442nd soldiers were reviewed after two studies revealed that [[Medal of Honor#Past discrimination|racial discrimination had caused some to be overlooked]], and twenty-one soldiers' Distinguished Service Crosses were upgraded to Medals of Honor.<ref name ="NiseiCMOHAfterWWII">{{cite news | last = Williams | first = Rudi | title = Army Secretary Lionizes 22 World War II Heroes | url = http://www.defense.gov/specials/medalofhonor | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100730054908/http://www.defense.gov/specials/medalofhonor/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = July 30, 2010 | publisher = Associated Press | date = 2010-07-10 | access-date = 2012-12-25}}</ref>