“Go For Broke”: The Story Behind the Most Decorated Military Unit in U.S. History

(via Mental Floss) In 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain Steve Rogers frees captured Allied soldiers from a Nazi base. “What, are we taking everybody?” one soldier asks, referring to another soldier who appears to be Japanese. “I’m from Fresno,” the soldier retorts. The scene was a hat tip to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Japanese-American regiment that, during World War II, became the most decorated unit in U.S. history.