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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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