((He was paralyzed from the waist down due to injuries he sustained during his service. ))My Great Uncle ((my grandmothers brother)) Francis Richard Bianco was 2nd Lieutenant, of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team,2ndBn, F company, during world war II. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart, and the combat Infantry Badge.The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, of the United States Army, was composed of Japanese-American enlisted men and mostly Caucasian officers. They fought primarily in Europe during World War II, beginning in 1944. The families of many of its soldiers were subject to internment. The 442nd was a self-sufficient force, and fought with uncommon distinction in Italy, southern France, and Germany. The unit became the most highly–decorated regiment in the history of the United States armed forces, including 21 Medal of Honor recipients. The motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was “Go for Broke,” meaning "put it all on the line," Risk Everything," Give Everything You Have," All or nothing!!!!
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the famed Japanese-American "Go for Broke" unit earned more than 18,000 individual decorations including one Medal of Honor, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, 5,200 Bronze Star Medals, 9,486 Purple Hearts, and eight Presidential Unit Citations (the nation's top award for combat units).
In June 2000, President Clinton awarded an additional 20 Medals of Honor to members of the 100th Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This was the result of a re-examination of the files of dozens of Japanese-American soldiers to see if any of them might have been denied awards because of possible prejudice. One of these recipients was Hawaii's U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye.

QUOTES:
"...I cannot say, however, that their "Go For Broke" service has ever been adequately honored, but I do know that any objective appraisal of the record of this unit will place it high up in the annals of our military history...
Whether in France, Italy or elsewhere, I know of no units in the American Army that fought and persevered more gallantly than did those Nisei companies and battalions."
John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War

"...I had the honor to command the men of the 442nd Combat Team. You fought magnificently in the field of battle and wrote brilliant chapters in the military history of our country."

"They demonstrated conclusively the loyalty and valor of our American citizens of Japanese ancestry in combat."
General Mark W. Clark

"They were superb! That word correctly describes it: superb!
They took terrific casualties. They showed rare courage and tremendous fighting spirit. Not too much can be said of the performance of those battalions in Europe and everybody wanted them...."
General George C. Marshall
"The members of the Combat Team have made a magnificent record of which they and all Americans should be proud. This record, without a doubt, is the most important single factor in creating in this country a more understanding attitude toward the people of Japanese descent."
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior
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The lyrics to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team's "Go For Broke" song
It was written a "long time ago" by Martin Kida, a member of the 442nd who was killed in action, according to a spokesperson. Here are the words to "Go For Broke," sung to the tune of the U.S. Coast Guard anthem:

"All hail, all hail our combat team: the finest in the land.
Thru storm, or rain, in peace, or war for freedom we shall stand.
We come from far off Aloha Land: The Land of Paradise.
Hawai'i, Hawai'i: Pacific paradise.
Hawai'i, Hawai'i: Pacific paradise.
Four Forty-Second Infantry: We're the boys from Hawai'i nei.
We're fighting for you, and the red, white and blue.
We're going to the front, and back to Honolulu-lulu.
Fight for dear ol' Uncle Sam.
Go For Broke, we don't give a damn.
Let them come and run at the point of our gun:
For freedom must be won.
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
I lai-lai lai-ai, lai la-lai-lai lai)
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
All hail our combat team.
Democracy and freedom: That's what we're fighting for.
Peace on earth and good-will: That's what we're fighting for.
We are the A-J-A:
Formed a fighting; fighting-fighting-fighting team.
Fighting for liberty, so let us all Go for Broke.
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
I lai-lai lai-ai, lai la-lai-lai lai)
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
I lai-lai (I lai-ai lai)
All hail our combat team.
All hail ... our com-bat team!!!"