Before becoming the most highly decorated unit for its size in the Army, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team trained at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Join The National WWII Museum’s Curator of Oral History Joey Balfour as he discusses the training of the Nisei troops in the woods of southern Mississippi with Director Tommy Lofton of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team at Camp Shelby
Before becoming the most highly decorated unit for its size in the Army, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team trained at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
