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When the 442nd Regimental Combat Team was formed, Tazoi, already a member of the Utah National Guard, received orders to join them. During the rescue of a battalion lost in the Vosges Mountains, Tazoi alerted his fellow Soldiers to a machine gunner, and then charged the position. Even after being shot in the shoulder by a sniper, he continued to attack German positions, and was stopped only when he was hit by a concussion grenade. For these brave actions, Tazoi was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in May 1945.

Reed was a talented artist who filled several sketchbooks depicting the everyday life of average Soldiers. He enlisted as a bugler and served with his battery until 1864 when he was detailed as an assistant topographical engineer to draw maps for the Army of the Potomac. In 1895, 32 years after the event, he earned the Medal of Honor for rescuing his battery commander at the battle of Gettysburg.