JAPANESE MORALE
WEAKENING IN NEW GUINEA Rec. 12.15 p.m. NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The Japanese are showing a nervousness and indecision not previously observed in New Guinea, says Frank Kluckhohn, the "New York Times war correspondent in the South-west Pacific. Their morale is not what it was in the Buna campaign six months ago. The obvious weakening of their morale is due to a series of reverses. In addition, malaria, bush typhus, and other diseases are taking a heavier toll of the Japanese than the Allies. One thing is certain—we have found the answer to successful fighting in this area in co-ordinated amphibious, land, and air operations, and having more of the necessary implements for it than the Japanese. . The bringing in and supplying of a very large body of Australian troops at two points along the land side of Lac's defences was one of the greatest achievements in any war theatre.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 66, 15 September 1943, Page 5
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