Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yawancin mazaunan Hawaii sun yi aiki a cikin rukunin Sojoji na 442, rundunar sojojin Amurka. Rukunin ya ƙunshi kusan dukkanin sojojin Amurka na asalin Japan. Rundunar ta yi yaƙi da farko a Italiya, kudancin Faransa
da kuma Jamus. Rundunar ta 442 ita ce mafi girman kayan ado don girmansa da tsawon sabis a tarihin Amurka. A cikin duka, kimanin mutane 14,000 sun yi aiki, suna samun 9,486 Purple Hearts. An ba da lambar yabo ta Shugaban kasa guda takwas (biyar a cikin wata daya). An ba da lambar yabo ta girmamawa ga mambobi ashirin da ɗaya, ciki har da Sanata na Amurka na Hawaii Daniel Inouye.