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MORALE OF J PANESE...H! 'ffAIIAN SOLDIERS

(VOLUNTP~ GROUP --442. INFA~~RY--5221~ FIELD A3TILLERY--232ND ENGih~~S)

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Prepared t CPNO by ent re Service ~ illSeetion· comu1Jed by Marmr t Ells~orth under the uner-' vision of ~ urraine Gore u, AC

MJ '?H 15, 1944.

SPfCIAl tiOTict-Thle ~:ontaina information t<~kefl from private communlca· ticns, and itl elltremelr conftdentlal char 1rter must be pres~rved. The Infer· matlon mu t be cononed onlv to th··se 1Jf!ic'~ls whose kn1wl,dge of It la necessary to prosecu'1,10 of the w1r l'l R•l ~ase ~h··uld h be widely distrl· buted, or copies marie 01 th" m •rn ~~ ' L in lee-. I proceeJingt or in lltfiY other public ••Y Wtthout express COO~t It A tht: l II ector or Censorship.

BY hON fi\ICf:., Director.

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to be lth Yu~to- tl') i:Ik"''. ine me etinp him on the battle fiE'] d maL.es by sniri t tin l~' \'li tl' exctacy. I hepr ~ro.m him vrcr:t often & r El is still ci.ckin,.. round. 11

( 'W 11!"la.ry 141 1

"! vol.;.nt"'"'rPd for combat but I "~' sr. ' t ic1J>d hec~ ... ~e we • i. too .• ny boys. I hope ! t to go the ne·~t time thou.;~.. I 1 d rather b '?Ut where we haVE" C:'!tion t' 'lL. st y he·· at Sr lhy. y,.,, I hop :::: t to 0 t e nc t +-ime, II

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11 Ar~vrii"11': to latAst reports the 100th :b.a!'l s,.lf ... P-r Cl m "Halties as mnch as a third of .L.e Unit. It w1.s nr<:'P"'"'"l..r;• that .._ll£1 lvS" be t'!o .. Ems t o~trinine, r " ce~cntR .rom our unit. ~he en +-r~~ ~t '~~~ ea~Pr nd reed~ ... or t~e inevitable. It i~ the common s nt1ment of e1 , it i re~r ttable that we co•·ldn ' t r.1ave j;;'"ler~ th ":l~ .... <ty Goc b' ·s · t.C'ep tf"m ~11 1 the,..,. 11

(Ff!brui'U'y 22)

"Look. WP oa~ r:~~ ~·in the w, r ?ut when the 4.4?,nd Combn.t t"' ., -oes over 'Je 1re oe k.lnv Fl reve- '"P f'or th1:1t lf:')+lJ. :i:nf. boys rho l t t~e.:.r 1 iVPS so .fOU

c"'n imagine "'h£.t oinp to h~woen. 11 'io 1 ... e .,.oin, to R"ive t• en so. etr,_.;,.,.:- t t they never t· ~>ted efore. Yo'l n.nd

everybody c1. ~f:' ..;'1-J.ou, d have C0'l ... idence in our CAUSe we 1 re ·not eo in~ to f il thP. aople of the i"'l nd"', and hf'n w• f'O over, P 1re ""oin..,. to do our best Pnd brinr: .nome- t'l"' 1Bncon 1 • '"' ffif',' f"J nd never to retu. ... n ~in but wa 1ll cl o one +hi 1lf' bef or0 P- -. ',ie 111 i VE' t 1e ~ axi..., a ood bw n nd sne ed the way for Victory. 11 (Ja.nna ... y 20)

':::•v' J p nes -~Ja..,rqiinn!J 1 chf 1 "'tn )S: ttrrhe ruor le .:.s hi5n, due to tl:.e "losen ss of the end of training. ,fost of the men are e·1. ·er to et thi!'l treinin,.,. ovflr ·rith e.nd o cr)'3"'. They nre "'lore realistic ncM. ~hey ~re not li,;;ht end jovi 1 as severtl month" ago . ~he re"'lity of co":lb"t is a se>rious matter and they knov it . Mhe lOOt'• h s ~ hiph standard t1rf the-;e yo m?:er C:"'n are set to ll'atch it." (]'e'l)ruary =:~

1 thoUP.'h most Japanese-Ha\1ai ~ ans, a,!l.;{iouo to go over<>e ..re w llin"' to

11 Som of o r fAl, ous went ov r N'l renl A.~e!"lent" for the other unit that i!'l "'Anin.g nftion in Itnly. Boy, it CE'Irtein1~· is b r=t on he m r of the Combat me :"1 whpn mAn are t ken out end sent over sao rately! It a P"' rs the.t the unit is r. :nF, tu be ~ RepJaeement CentAr for the unit ~nd the boys oon ' t li~e it a bit. 11 {Febr 1ar y 28)

''The unit is takin ·a heating-we ' ve n.lwc-1ys expel'to' to get ovf\r a n unit Howeve~ so fpr it ~~~enrs ~~ thou~n e are nntr · n more th~n n rP~l~c~ner+. v ~tor

... or the l')Oth . Th0 f€'llers '"'re pretty di,..con.ra"'E:'..;, I 1ve done my best to get to join t .e lOOth long \d th the continl:":'e-nts that h1.s Al.rt"..,rly left "r)ut so far no soap. 11 (.FebruarJ 2o)

Yli lOth Iu:f;::ontry sol 1 ~.cr says : 11 There ' "' ~er lst:mt rumors t y;;p boy ~·ere coming over " re 1, ·enent"' for us. To me it seems absurc. -'Ire,. . :'hey t•1on

1 t brBilk u • 011r out+'i t J st t .:> ,..,~' E "(' 1 ce PUt!'\ for O'lr c ~t "~ t? If it 1

truP, t'l 1oys ... p in for C!QJ1'1Pth~J"D', I hO"P(' you boy"' will comP. her€' nq a C(lr'­.,.,l"t'"' unit fl.ntl not es renl cemon~"'."

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