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Ito, Susumu "Sus"

Date of birth:
July 27th, 1919 (Stockton/California, United States)
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant (Second-lieutenant)
Unit:
Forward Observer Battery C, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division "Arrowhead", U.S. Army
For action performed somewhere in October 1944, in the vicinity of Bruyères/Vosges département, region of Lorraine, France

The exact date of action as well as the citation are unknown to us.
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)

Sources

  • - Asahina, R., Just Americans – How Japanese Won a War at Home and Abroad – The Story of the 100th Battalion/442d Regimental Combat Team in World War II, Gotham Books, New York, USA, 2006
    - discovernikkei.org

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