U.S. TROOPS IN JAPAN
DECLINE IX MOBILE
New York, Feb. 14
High-rankng United States Army officers admitted that the morale of the troops in Japan had declined appreciably since the surrender, leading to the issuance of orders intensifying orientation courses and the instruction of fresh replacements in the nature and aims of the American occupation of Japan, says the Tokio correspondent of the New York Times.
Officers pointed out that soldiers arriving direct f rom the United States were never given a proper explanation of the necessity for the occupation; secondly, the replacements were youthful compared with the veterans who took part in the occupation; thirdly, senior officers were going home rapidly, leaving many units top-heavy with junior officers too inexperienced to act as efficient ustructors; fourthly, families and and friends at home, indeed a large section of the- American public did not understand why men were still going overseas six months after the end of hostilities.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 13988, 16 February 1946, Page 3
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