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Experience of the South Pacific war shows that the Jap is no superman and can be beaten. Osami Nagano can be beaten, but not without one hell of a scrap...
Despair in Defeat. Consequence of this kind of training is that privates rely inordinately on their officers. They are taught to believe in success, and they do. Consequently, when they encounter failure they break down. Diaries taken from Jap soldiers in New Guinea have had their share of despair: "Where is the Imperial Fleet? . . . The end is approaching. . . . We cannot endure another day of this sickness and shelling. We see nothing but American planes...
Even before they encounter failure, Jap soldiers are anything but supermen. They are notoriously hypochondriac. They carry little oily green cakes which they rub on the skin to keep mosquitoes away. Many carry white gloves which they wear when they sleep. They carry toilet waters and perfumed powders...
High in the sky over the coast of Australia, the 131½-ton Catalina flying boat suddenly twisted and dived. Zeros protecting a Jap cruiser were blazing away. The Catalina shook them off and straightened...
...little is known in the U.S. about his specific naval skills as about any Japanese officer's. It is one of the U.S. Navy's laments that they know so little about the strengths and weaknesses of top-ranking Jap officers. But in both the U.S. and British Navies, Nagano has the reputation of being with the best...