In small public park near the flagpoles. Monument

A standing white marble stone with a black inscribed plaque attached to the front.

The monument remembers the battle that occurred near here to break through the Gothic Line in April 1945. The 442^nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) - a Japanese-American unit along with Italian Partisans fought in this battle.  

Two soldiers of the 44nd RCT, Joe E. Tadao and “Joe “Beanie” Hayashi, were noted for their particular bravery.  The Medal of Honor Citation of Hayashi describes the battle:

Joe Hayashi

Salinas, California, US

U.S. Army

SGT, 442nd Regimental Combat Team

4/22/1945, Tendola, Italy

Medal of Honor citation:

Private Joe Hayashi distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action on 20 and 22 April 1945, near Tendola, Italy. On 20 April 1945, ordered to attack a strongly defended hill that commanded all approaches to the village of Tendola, Private Hayashi skillfully led his men to a point within 75 yards of enemy positions before they were detected and fired upon. After dragging his wounded comrades to safety, he returned alone and exposed himself to small arms fire in order to direct and adjust mortar fire against hostile emplacements. Boldly attacking the hill with the remaining men of his squad, he attained his objective and discovered that the mortars had neutralized three machine guns, killed 27 men, and wounded many others. On 22 April 1945, attacking the village of Tendola, Private Hayashi maneuvered his squad up a steep, terraced hill to within 100 yards of the enemy. Crawling under intense fire to a hostile machine gun position, he threw a grenade, killing one enemy soldier and forcing the other members of the gun crew to surrender. Seeing four enemy machine guns delivering deadly fire upon other elements of his platoon, he threw another grenade, destroying a machine gun nest. He then crawled to the right flank of another machine gun position where he killed four enemy soldiers and forced the others to flee. Attempting to pursue the enemy, he was mortally wounded by a burst of machine pistol fire. The dauntless courage and exemplary leadership of Private Hayashi enabled his company to attain its objective. Private Hayashi’s extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the United States Army.

The text on the monument is written in Italian and reads:

IN QUESTO LUOGO SULLE

COLLINE INCASTONATE

NELLA COROLLO DI UNA

MAGNIFICA NATURA NELLA

BATTAGLIA FINALE DELLA

LINEA GOTICA IL 23.04.1945

SI CONSUMO IL SACRAFICIO DI

JOE E TADEO “BEANIE” HAYASHI

SOLDATI DEL 442 GRUPPO DA

COBATTIMENTO USA

ASSIEME A LORO. DAL 14 AL

24 APRILE CADDERO

VALOROSAMENTE PER LA

LIBERAZIONE DELLA BASSA

LUNIGIANNA 52 COMMILITONI E

NUMEROSI PARTIGAINI DI DIVERSE

RELIGIONE E CREDO POLITICO

MA ACCOMUNATI DAGLI IDEALI DI

GIUSTIZIA E LIBERTA

GRATITUDINE VADA

ALLA POPLAZIONE DI TENDOLA

CHE DIEDE LORO

ASILO E CONFORTO

IL 22 APRILE 2007 POSERO A MEMORIA

RICCORDO IL COMITATO TENDOLA

STORICA  L’ANPI DI CARARRA- L’ANPI

DI FOSDINOVO E IL COMMUNE DI FOSDINONO

The translation in English:

 IN THIS PLACE

SET IN THE HILLS 

ENCRUSTED IN THIS MAGNIFICENT

NATURE, DURING THE FINAL BATTLE 

OF THE GOTHIC LINE ON 23.04.1945

THE SACRIFICE OF

JOE E TADAO  ‘BEANIE’ HAYASHI

SOLDIERS OF THE 

442^ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM

AND WITH THEM, FROM 14 TO 24 APRIL

FALLING VALOROUSLY

FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE LOWER 

LUNIGIANNA 52 FELLOW COMRADES

AND MANY PARTISANS OF DIVERSE

RELIGIONS AND POLITICAL CREEDS

BUT UNITED IN THE IDEALS OF 

JUSTICE AND LIBERTY.

THEY DESERVE THE GRATITUDE

OF POPULATION OF TENDOLA

WHO WERE PROVIDED ASYLUM

AND COMFORT

THE 22^ND OF APRIL 2007

THE HISTORIC COMMITTEE OF TENDOLA

REMEMBERS