Shiroku "Whitey" Yamamoto
442nd Antitank Company

Convoy to Europe

Shiroku
May 1944

The 442nd is deployed to Europe on May 1, 1944. They travel as part of a large convoy of ships.

The trip takes 28 days, as they zigzag across the Atlantic.

They land in Naples, where the 442nd is assigned to the 5th Army and is attached to the 34th Red Bull Division.

The 442nd heads out to Civitavecchia, northwest of Rome, to join the 100th.