Word: jap
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...reinforcements arriving that Bataan's defenders swapped one cup of coffee for one fresh rumor. Fruits and vegetables were so infrequently on the menu that the No. 1 bull-session topic (lovely women back home) was displaced by elaborate descriptions of meals the men would order once the Jap was driven out of the Philippines...
...seemed certain that Lieut. Roland G. Sauinier would get a medal soon, or that the infuriated Jap would sacrifice scores of men to kill him. Bullets so far have nicked Sauinier "on the bottom of an elbow" and have "clipped holes" in his pants. Undismayed, the Lieutenant breaks the daily monotony by shouting across foxholes and trenches, in his broad French-Canadian accent...
...hospital is tall, boyish Edward Archie Mclntosh, who cleaned out a Jap machine-gun nest after his own scouting party had been wiped out and he himself had been horribly wounded in the right leg. Although he is cheerful and chipper, his friends reported that his main worry now is whether "my girl will like a fellow with only...
...leathery Colonel Charles L. Steel. Of all Colonel Steel's "Foreign Legion characters," the men reserved a top place for 2nd Lieutenant John Flynn, recently commissioned after 33 years of Army service. A sad-eyed Mr. Chips, Flynn delights his men by mixing tobacco juice and contempt for Jap marksmanship on scouting trips into the brush...
...usefulness in making Everywhere aware of Someplace has been illustrated in the U.S. by Mutual's John B. Hughes, only West Coast newscaster carried daily by a national network. Calm and articulate Mr. Hughes, a Japan-watcher long before the war, reflects California's concern over Jap residents, has given that subject priority almost constantly since Pearl Harbor-something non-California newspapers have naturally not done...