Carlos Alcala: Road named for WWII's 442nd unit

By Carlos Alcalá - Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 10, 2008
Story appeared in SOUTH PLACER ROSEVILLE section, Page G1


The American (road)way: Go For Broke Road sounds like one of those street names someone dreamed up for fun – like Out of the Way Place near Auburn or Throwita Way near Placerville. The road is by the new Santucci Justice Center in Roseville, but Go For Broke doesn't represent a legal strategy. It was the motto of the 442nd Infantry Regiment, the unit made up of Japanese Americans that is often referred to as the most highly decorated of World War II and "the Purple Heart battalion." Some members of the unit were Roseville and Placer high school students. Three survive, said John Piches of United Veterans of Roseville. Representing Roseville and its veterans, he went to the Board of Supervisors – the justice center is the county's project – to name the street and adjacent Veterans Boulevard. Originally, he said, they wanted to name it 442nd Street, but fire officials were concerned about mix-ups with too many numbers – address and street. So Piches proposed Go For Broke. "They laughed," he recalled, until the connection to the 442nd was explained. A plaque proposed for the site should make it clear to folks who drive by and wonder.

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