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.
5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The 5th Division (第5師団 , Dai-go shidan ) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was the Carp Division (鯉兵団 , Koihei-dan ) . The 5th Division was formed in Hiroshima in January 1871 as the Hiroshima Garrison (広島鎮台 , Hiroshima chindai ) , one of six regional commands created in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army, and was destroyed in the battle of Okinawa in June 1945. Its personnel were drafted from Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Shimane.