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.
121st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The 121st Division (第121師団 , Dai-hyakunijūichi Shidan ) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Glory Division (栄光兵団 , Eikō Heidan ) . It was formed 16 January in Tianjin as a triangular division. It was a part of the 8 simultaneously created divisions batch comprising 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th and 128th divisions. The nucleus for the formation was the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and the leftovers of 28th division. The division was initially assigned to the 3rd army.