The Nisei drove so hard that beginning on 17 April the Germans decided to destroy their fortifications and pull back to make a final stand at Aulla. The last German defense in Italy was Monte Nebbione, directly south of Aulla. San Terenzo lay East of Mount Nobbione and became the launching point for the Aulla assault. The final drive of the 442nd began on 19 April and lasted until 23 April, when the 3rd Battalion finally took Mount Nebbione and Mount Carbolo. Following the fall of San Terenzo, 2nd Battalion hooked right around the mountains and Task Force Fukuda (consisting of Companies B and F from 2nd Battalion) flanked left from Mount Carbolo creating a pincer move onto Aulla. On 25 April Aulla fell and the German retreat was cut off. In the days that followed, Germans began to surrender in the hundreds and thousands to the Fifth and Eighth Armies. This was 442nd's final World War II action. On 2 May the war ended in Italy followed six days later by Victory in Europe. Service decorations and legacy The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team is the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare. The 4,000 men who initially came in April 1943 had to be replaced nearly 2.5 times. In total, about 10,000 men served. The unit was awarded eight Presidential Unit Citations (5 earned in one month). Twenty-one of its members were awarded Medals of Honor. Members of the 442nd received 18,143 awards in less than two years, including: 21 Medals of Honor (the first awarded posthumously to Private First Class Sadao Munemori, Company A, 100th Battalion, for action near Seravezza, Italy, on 5 April 1945; 19 upgraded from other awards in June 2000). Recipients include: Barney F. Hajiro Mikio Hasemoto Joe Hayashi Shizuya Hayashi Daniel K. Inouye Yeiki Kobashigawa Robert T. Kuroda Kaoru Moto Sadao Munemori Kiyoshi K. Muranaga Masato Nakae Shinyei Nakamine William K. Nakamura Joe M. Nishimoto Allan M. Ohata James K. Okubo Yukio Okutsu Frank H. Ono Kazuo Otani George T. Sakato Ted T. Tanouye 52 Distinguished Service Cross (including 19 Distinguished Service Crosses which were upgraded to Medals of Honor in June 2000) 1 Distinguished Service Medal 560 Silver Stars (plus 28 Oak Leaf Clusters for a second award) 22 Legion of Merit Medals 15 Soldier's Medals 4,000 Bronze Stars (plus 1,200 Oak Leaf Clusters