Course Description

Instructor: COL (Ret) Larry Saul

A short history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.  Made up of volunteers that formed the segregated Japanese- American army combat unit. More than 12,000 Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) volunteers answered the call. Ultimately 2,686 from Hawaii and 1,500 from mainland U.S. internment camps assembled at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in April 1943 for a year of infantry training. Many of the soldiers from the continental U.S. had families in internment camps in the USA while they fought abroad.  The 442nd fought in some of the fiercest battles of WW II and became the highest decorated unit in the war.  The unit's motto was "Go for Broke".

BIO: 

Col. (Retired) Lawrence (Larry) Saul served more than 34 years on active duty in the US Army.

Following enlisted service, then-Sergeant Saul was commissioned into the Field Artillery from Officer Candidate School (OCS). For the next 30 years he served in a variety of positions, around the world, including three tours with the British Army, two additional tours in Europe, twice in Alaska and elsewhere in the USA. He was one of the last 10 Vietnam War veterans still serving when he retired, in 2008.

Col. Saul is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

In retirement, he lectures on Military History and leads historical tours to the European battlefields including both World Wars but a strong emphasis on D-Day, 6 June 1944.

He has a Bachelor in History from Georgias State University as well as two Masters degrees.