Moment in TIME: Covering the Pacific War

Jan. 12, 1942: Pownall, Trustee of Singapore
"General Pownall reported ... that the Japs were as good as animals in the jungle. They came on in polygenetic clothes: in shorts and sneakers, or Malayan dress, or just their underwear. They forced natives to lead them through tangled byways."
From "Report on a Grimness"

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