Show r t Ach That's America THE THE first unit of Japanese-American Japanese troops has been in action in the Salerno Salerno Naples Naple area of Italy Italy and and an incident which occurred shortly after they reached the battle zone might give army authorities some ideas on a anew anew anew new way to undermine German army morale i When the Japanese-American Japanese soldiers were moving up toward the front they passed aGerman a aGerman aGerman German prisoner He could hardly believe his eyes yes when he saw the Japanese soldiers in American uniforms His jaw dropped a foot as he saw men of a race supposed to be allies of Germany fighting on the other side He asked if they were really Japanese and when told that they were but that they were natives natives natives na na- na- na tives of this country and American citizens he shook his head in amazement and said Ach Achi That's Thais America If that German soldiers soldier's bewilderment I could be multiplied a few hundred thousand I 1 J 40 I 7 t T Tf f times by sh shifting ting our Japanese American soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers from one front to another so that a alot alot alot lot of Germans could see them in action they'd probably begin to wonder whether Herr Goebbels' Goebbels propaganda office hadn't been pulling pulling pulling pull pull- ing a fast one on them by telling them Japan was their ally Or maybe they'd believe Japan Japan Japan Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pan had bad sent an expeditionary force to their aid and come over in droves to welcome their new allies Seriously our Japanese-American Japanese soldiers will be a valuable addition to our combat forces in Europe Not only are they proving to be good soldiers but their appearance in inthe inthe inthe the fighting lines will be an impressive demonstration demonstration demonstration dem dem- to our enemies of American unity and patriotism |