Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
Vosges
Maritime Alps
Po Valley
522nd FAB
Anti-Tank
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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate) were involved in five major battle campaigns during the war. These were:
MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Naples-Foggia Campaign: September 1943 to January 1944 (100th Battalion)
Rome-Arno Campaign: January 25, 1944 to September 1944 (100th Battalion,
442nd RCT)
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Rhineland Campaign-Vosges: October 10, 1944 to November 1944
Rhineland Campaign-Maritime Alps: November 21, 1944 to March 17, 1945
MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
Northern Appennines Campaign: April 1-4, 1945 (442nd Regiment less
522nd Field Artillery Battalion)
Po Valley Campaign: April 5, 1945 to May 5, 1945 (442nd Regiment less
522nd Field Artillery Battalion).
(Considered as one campaign: Po Valley)
The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion participated in the Central Europe Campaign from March 22, 1944 to May 11, 1945, when they were detached from the 442nd Infantry Regiment. The 522nd Field Artillery Battalion supported the 63rd Division in their assault on the Siegfried Line, the 45th Division, and the 44th Division in their drive for Mannheim, Germany. They eventually supported the 4th Division's drive on Salzburg, Austria. During the Central Europe Campaign the 522nd liberated one of the slave labor camps of Dachau.
The Anti-Tank Company of the 442nd RCT participated in the Southern France Campaign from August 15, 1944 to September 14, 1944, when they took part in the D-Day Invasion of Southern France (Operation Anvil). There they dropped into France on gliders and took up defensive positions in support of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. They later rejoined the 442nd RCT in the Vosges Mountains.
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