Our Japanese Foes Prove Original and Fanatical Fighters
Washington correspondent Walter Shead profiles the Japanese soldier, detailing feudal roots, discipline, education, and hardiness. The piece contrasts Japanese and American troops, notes conscription laws, training, and tactics, and discusses weaponry, supply, and battlefield behavior in sweeping World War II memoir style.
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Fragmentary World War II Armament Report
The damaged OCR describes captured weapons including mortars machine guns rifles and personal gear. It notes a Japanese rifle with a 7 7 mm cartridge and a front leaf sight graduated from 300 to 1 000 meters with muzzle velocity about 2 300 feet per second.
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