Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987 Page: 13
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soldier, and I have seen them perform feats we
wouldn't even dare ask an American military man to
undertake. And they discharged it. They overcame
maybe some physical limitation such as height or
size with tenacity and heart.
Jones: In other words, I guess in their way they exhibited
their own esprit de corps to overcome their physical
limitations.
Pryor: They had it. They had their own particular kind of
esprit de corps, and it served them well, as we
learned from hindsight. But I'd think that at this
particular time, in 1940, few of us had any respect
for the Japanese soldier as a soldier. It just
beggared understanding because we had nothing with
which to make comparison with, but in the aftermath
of Pearl Harbor, we came to an understanding of
their tenacity and their ability as a military man.
Jones: There are a few things that I would like to mention
to you on the upbringing of most of the Japanese
soldiers and then later on, in the 1940's, the
entire mobilization of the Japanese people. I guess
it would do well to mention, of course, the Code of
Bushido, which initially was confined to the realm
of the Samurai warrior in ancient Japan. That is13
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Jones, Waller F. & Pryor, Charley L. Oral History Interview with C. L. Pryor, December 5, 1987, book, December 5, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1584976/m1/15/?q=%221920-02%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.