Which state were the soldiers in Susumu Ito's unit typically from?
442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is an infantry regiment of the United States Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment was a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (mostly from Hawaii) who fought in World War II. Most of the families of mainland Japanese Americans were confined to internment camps in the United States interior. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.
Bombardment of Kagoshima The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War (薩英戦争 , Satsu-Ei Sensō ) , took place on 15–17 August 1863 during the Late Tokugawa shogunate. The Royal Navy was fired on from coastal batteries near the town of Kagoshima and in retaliation bombarded the town. The British were trying to extract a payment from the "daimyō" of Satsuma following the Namamugi Incident of 1862, in which British people were attacked (one killed, two wounded) by Satsuma samurai for not showing the proper respect for the "daimyō"' s regent, Shimazu Hisamitsu.