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DECLAS E. tJD5?te~( n
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MORALE OF J PANESE...H! 'ffAIIAN SOLDIERS
(VOLUNTP~ GROUP --442. INFA~~RY--5221~ FIELD A3TILLERY--232ND ENGih~~S)
• T C l-iP .JHELJ3Y, MISSISSI PI
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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Green Yellow
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Tis report cont·n es th~ of t~e Jap neoe-B21~ii n vol nteers t tion d t C p Shelby, i iss1P i, an cover the month of J nu ry and ebr, ry, 1944. porox t ly 1~. 0 lett rA re int ~capted, ,, d stinPd
for :Ja ,.ai i.
I. l-!c>ne•1 ·ers--e cts on th Za P.n ~ -~~ a 1 ns
Pride in them elve
t ncP of ha.r h1p ns re a.r tion for c m t
The IM roved reJaati~ shi b een J
C")l'!J') fl
er • :r +~,.., con · t ll.ations f
nte s~ rid in chi v~ ent r
'"h t t thE~ir
f.. n
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r c hile ,_ .. of the kind, stil
C(', t y It \
sol i<'r c. e rn d
the co. ncin~ ~ner 1. ThAir
t v~e oy in s+,..iae.
h a br .,. art, of thC' f ed
1
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Authority NNP ZtfOOf& Z3
Color Control Patch Green Yellow White
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Lon littl 0~ . P' • in 0 er ifn th
r nn e "'c t
11 Wh1'1t
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I
ve
an edgE' on cour 0"1 with r et<'r , ity. Ev
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d .. C' brin- c
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ch
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re-d i ,.,.
A
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n nrc ... my
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· t '11 com T ~ nc
Cont .. ary to hich .. hE' J n
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t •e n +-} e • ai · n ol i r
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of
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Color Control Patches Green Yellow Red
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Magenta
... i..,nC'hi be-
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rc'l ce -~'"th lou ...
DECLASSIFIED
Authority NNfJ ZtfOoft,
White
II. E ern +o o ov r
F ith ·n th~m
~ ,., t .t-tion c n · der to ~·ind c t eo le of
ere ""i n
fi h"" ~ t
rou o, 1 t nd o or"'unity
-esir~ t 4ofn t 10Dth T ~ tt r their record
tr to v n~P + ·r d ~ n eaua1 or
"'~he J
1 e1hy r n r t>nt ent.
i ,. t t
n unfelt r'nr; f 'th i:r. t it 1 a ility.
f're. deprPc Th 1'1
"You ':no th t i ht , y di)WJ" on
·nute. nhe 1r th t 1" •t
('01or". I -~'or a. II (
T • "1,.,. '
th ~ 'nt f n "'try.
com"> t.
c"et m'n d +h t t tr
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th
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t 'nto h
e ' i 1 f ro under : s y thi not to
det r ir:: ... n 't)pg ... b r.
• t11.P, Tf1 doul)l
t upon th.
DECLASSIFIED
nc'l
NNP7tfOOak
White
y
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11 \fh r "fe P.o ove,. WA
KP o~ our c~lh~try ~nn \'' !" S PO" i' 1
: t
their I
. ± =: '~ f th~rr-, o~her~.
eo~1e would rP~lize ho, uch suff~r n
t ·r bi~th 1 ce to be t i to to a ~era ic ~y of l Y ,
v fPn. 'r f> "'n~ 'f' 11l ro• E~ 1 re on "'Y hnvP tr.e fr~"e "l ~:: .('P W'~Y o h~~nin"'ss. 11
our bPst an· .('i~~t 'h~ clr home. fp w c ~come ·ack to
n thi
" ·£' hop to o ov .... e ~ v r,/ o n to sho the orl \v .. 'E' • J. 1 "'
are re lly made of." (I'e'hr ry 2~)
1 "t
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for ar. ion, Th
r c r
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)
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con, bo tit in
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2-3 Authority . NNP zr 00&,
Color Control Patch s Green Yellow Red Magenta White
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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
(FAhru..; ... y ...,3)
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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~'~o~7~1~~~~~~~~~~~Z~3~2~~~-• N~Z~ Color Control Patches
Green Yellow Red Magenta White 3/Color
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Black
III. Re cti'>n r J
Air eric
f!' inst ctions of neo-ple + ho e ·llich thr ten to 110 eran e-Ha\aiian ol i rs 1 fforts to rov tlleir loyalty to
Throu hout the long, ifftcult r ,y tr inin , Jcpan se-Ha a.ns have
clun..,. 6 nac·o 1.: to t e re m of nrovin t e"""~ 1 s or y Am£>r· r. • Tti~
too is tho c u e for ·hich the Oth i t~. Thus they re shockcc nd Llt-
r P ,y renort of
~ ttl on th r ci
e t
vior by the peo lo t o . , ~ ir~ their cl-fo
d scrim' n tion front ndant ered.
he 1 n but feel bit+ r iscour~~e~ ·h~n I r ad & he f conduct of ~· of the st'
of life. from of the it far the
t
e m d to th t e
to
""o
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Green Yellow Red
if nene q~ry bee use o 1 d be tr a.ted
n; ther Jo for i b 'n
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DECLASSIFIED
Authority NNP Z!f 00~,?
White
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to br 1~ d ... kinr of
ry "1)
n o u- mor t n"~
and -rter the w e b ... ck hom . the 111 h<tv
·f'\ ve no t,., le ve
H waiL 11
IV. R cl 1 inatior. b~co- les of contrave~si~l 1~ ue--v :n re~trict
Ptl'O"'itij'!l>r. C to c ~ue to publ'city iven Jap n s
M ttl£> 1 e
rev~ 0'1 re ort VP mare it cle~r th t m!'n sour~ of e ~ly J ~ n
i n is tiAfaction ~n(l e ~n ~tu nh iness
dircri in-tion t~on ly v·~ nt i the Sout
ceo nt o mi-t +-m nt y hi+-e ,(l ....
"J b tle "i 1. Cr c_, V •, GO
1~ Alle ~: friendl~
r. rs ncl c·v·1~ n..
m nt. ~!:1 . ., stP ~ti 11.
• n"'" 1 1 P"E'nt whit h
t ~ r
·n
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Color Control Patches Green Yellow Red Magenta
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~tt~(;t:' :
the elemnent of r cial
n "'9-
of ore
0 tinct i ro e-
to ...
r SP'lU ih e.
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DECLASSIFIED
Authority NN{) ZtfOOfk
White
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Color Control Patches Green Yellow Red
t
... SIJID e us."
DECLASSIFIED
Authority NN{) ZtfOOfk Box-Fofder
2-3
Magenta White
When t e horror ~t ry o~ J ne,e r atrocitie .es th
me ric n p·blic, e otion run rif !"- i e med wi J ne
w i. ns fro iolence t e n" of outr ed nd nthinJ inD' a ... ic r ~"~he
r r +r ct t c ·•· th onl on e ce ti th r ces r. inr'l.i n · ty i ~
Andured ma.t~er f factly. ::!'ew 1 +ern el l:!or tP t (' OC<''l'~"ence.
" e c e bac to 3helby to f ... nd t "'t o ne; out of the ost due to the ne''l"'
tre tm nt the Jpps WPr the Ml e i r De 1 t it seems
+hp~ ., 'YO(:'
o much e you. P.r
,, ... n"' +r-th
in 11
T e e ception :
c of
ne "' Pr t 're
P.
Com~ Te~m , tri~ted
ut the atroc ti nd t~e Phili in
~he matt:ied r r o ~ nC' pe ve • ·• t;
t
1r+., 1 ter. I on't r i ctu..,.e t, lt:en to send to y ')
!X torturin th to. nt ~o to
m ric n sol -E'r in
ri - rs 04' r n ""ro. to n "or tie
ys no•1 (' r. 1 t P:o out to to\m 0n of troc:;"l n ~ Arl ....,ri ners
the civ ' li n
v. ,.'1) r"' d
... u
~"~he .. t
~rcr<" sin in tl-t
d t ainl nC'
.. e on the n .
In+ercQ ts ev t .. rt·on to t ul)j ct. fe c n tn•1 to
x r s m.
Stack Row Comp
Color Control Patches Green Yellow
i~£zf;~)::s~_:j
-
Red
oy n<' 0 .,.
~·-~
Box-Fofder
2.3
Magenta White
r
dif~ r nt fro 1 ts of tro·bl then
nle nt Lot of h d lick' n
"!on' stick: to ev r he a'hle to 0' t i.
• T ey don'~ trink the~~· l ( e-br• ry P)
"Yo1 s d hy cllJ !l P 1Kot J i sl-J.ort I 11 say th t 'hf'n v•P hit th<:- r it
'Kotonks 1 Tht=~ts ho" the>~ ot it. .., e.y act like ltro1
th n th loc 1 boys. ~ n.r of them il; v r; e fi h
lon~ story-jus to ho 1 'J ound l1 -e
'ElY is cl i rerent
c r for thenqe1.f only. 11 ( ebr'Hlry 28) I co eArn d, they
But t~e "'i E"n th ch n1 in:
o t e njority n~e~rs to 1 nd ndor enP.r.t to t oni.nion of
nrov0ne~t in the in nn E"t
smoot i-t tiv 1.no fAir. combat beF,in ,
"' it-CI -corp '>f +h, Co ; t me· • lon 10 bett r.
,.,.mld be ro1rh ~Pot here ~nA +hPr£>.
·n 1 0 h is. Ho
un , 'IO"" ..
t~nP vf ~~~ non COm ::::t is no•lPh l t r c nt tt;> h ve c i
r isti.ce, •e c "!be of .. he.re t-'1 b"' .. trail;" r tie. n reel unity." (Febrlal'y 5)
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Color Control Patches Green Yellow Red
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Box-Fofder DECLASSIFIED
?3 Authority NN[) Ztf OOft,
Magenta White
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