The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
YANKS BATTLE
JAPS WITH HATE
IN THEIR HEARTS
BY MAC r. JOHNSON
United Press staff Correspondent

NCHiOcu FIeSS StdH correspondent
Pearl Harbor, June 1.-UPJ--
Bitterness famed by the execution
of Americas Tokyo raiders is high
among the men in uniform through
out the Pacific
Across from the ROYAL Hawaiian
hotel in Honolulu's Waikiki dis
trict, where Pacific men of war rest
from sea duty and Guadalcanal, is
a theater. Sailors, marines and
soldiers were TANNED in it when a
newsreel flashed the features of
Admiral William F. Hasey, Jr,
commander in chief of the South
Pacific.
:" And if there's anything left
Of the damn place cTokyo) when
we get there. we'll burn it down."
Halsey said from the screen.
Men Shout Approval
No football stadium ever rocked
with such .houts, yells and stamp
ping Of feet as did the theater when
the men in the armed forces
showed their approval of Fighting
Bills philosophy.
Oft-quoted is an excerpt from
statement by 1t. Gen. Lesley j.
McNair, commander of U. S.
ground forces who was wounded in
Tunisia: I'VE must fight we
| must shoot TO kill we must lust
for battle. There can be no remorse
j.. . no pangs Of conscience . for
our enemies have lighted the way
to sWifter, surer, crueler killing"
Military men are prosecuting the
Pacific war N these precepts and
follow another statement by Adj
miral Halsey: THE only way we'll
win the war is to kill JapS, kill Japs,
kill more JapS ="
When Major General BoroWitZ,
commander of the 18th Panzer di-
vision in TuniSia. recently surren-
dered, he was invited, as were mem
brs of his staff and another Nazi
general, to lunch with the Ameri-
can commanding general to whom
thy surrendered.
One German officer was quoted
as saying, the Americans
fought like sportsmen."
No HandShaking at End
American fighting men who have
been bombed on Guadalcanal, Fu-
nafuti and Canton; officers who
we're in dogfights over the Solo
mons; men who raided Munda;
officers and men of Admiral Halsey
have related how they fight with
| hate in their hearts. From what
they and their leaders have said,
| 41,o,-a will kn chalyipocy IF N11NIc
over the tennis net when the Pa
cific battles are won. There won't
be any invitations to lunch.
A few officers, seething with re-
sentiment, speculate on whether
Togo may some day be Car
thage." One officer recalled that
when the Romans wiped out the
Carthaginian war lords, the land
was ploWed with salt. But l guess
our vengeance can't be that COM
plete," he added.
Recently, when Carthage fell to
advancing Allied armies in Tu-
nisia, correspondents said it was
hard to realize that here once was
centered one of the Roman era'S
hardest, crueleSt armies.
For Total Disarmament
Pearl Harbor-.the torture of the
Chinese and Javanese, the Wiping
out of Chinese civilians from areas
where Americas Tokyo raiders
crashed, all add up to shape the
views of mill airy personnel in the
Pacific.
Not all express the same views
but one officer said bluntly: "If
anything can be found in the hearts
or minds of the japanese resem-
bling civilization, it should be nour-
ished. But there should be a house
toulouse canvass by demolition
squads who can erase any plant, ia
cility, communication line or har-
Dor installations that might be
used in building for the next war"
Many officers and men of the
Pacific with whom I've talked said
Japan must not be permitted to
continue industries or practices
that will ultimately enable the
country to re-arm for centuries
after the unconditional surrender.