They were HIGHLY decorated with the 442nd beingthe Highest decorated Regt. of WW 11.
No doubt! This is from the 34th's site:
Medals of Honor
34th Infantry Division, "Red Bull" (see note 1)
Robert Booker 34/133, 9 Apr 43
Mikio Hasemoto 34/133/100/B, 29 Nov 43
Shizuya Hayashi 34/133/100/A, 29 Nov 43
Yeiki Kobashigawa 34/133/100/B, 2 Jun 44
Beryl Newman 34/133, 26 May 44
Allan Ohata 34/133/100/B, 29-30 Nov 43
Leo J. Powers 34/133, 3 Feb 44
Paul Riordan 34/133, 3-8 Feb 44
Ernest Dervishian 34/135, 8 Jan 45
George Hall 34/135, 23 May 44
Furman Smith 34/135, 31 May 44
Thomas Wigle 34/135, 14 Sep 44
William Galt 34/168, 29 May 44
Kaoru Moto 34/442/100/C, 7 Jul 44
Kiyoshi Muranaga 34/442/2/F, 26 Jun 44
Shinyei Nakamine 34/442/100/B, 2 Jun 44
William Nakamura 34/442/2/G, 4 Jul 44
Frank Ono 34/442/2/G, 4 Jul 44
Kazuo Otani 34/442/2/G, 15 Jul 44
Ted Tanouye 34/442/3/K, 7 Jul 44
Note 1: The 442nd "Go For Broke" Regimental Combat Team and its 100th "Purple Heart" Infantry Battalion were assigned or attached successively to the 34th Infantry Division (Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Anzio), the 88th Infantry Division (Rome-Arno), the 36th Infantry Division (Rhineland), and the 92nd Infantry Division (North Apennines, Po Valley) during World War II. Their 20 Medal of Honor recipients appear above within the lists of those divisions.
That's 11 out of 20 awards for the 34th, and that doesn't count the 10+ that they earned in different Divisions. I guess you stand out when you are out to prove something. The story of the black units - when they were allowed in combat - proved that.