INTELLIGENCE After three years of war in the Pacific, U.S. military officials have put together a careful, composite picture of the Japanese soldier. Last week the Office of War Information reported this G.I. view of the man U.S. troops have fought from Guadalcanal to Leyte.
¶ The average Jap soldier (5 ft. 3 in., 117½lbs.), is five inches shorter, some 28 lbs. lighter than the average G.I. Nevertheless he can lift a 150-lb. weight to his back without spreading his legs; a Jap battalion can march more than 20 miles a day; special patrols...
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