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    World War II

    BEAT IT

    Jul 31, 2018 2 minutes
    BY ROBERT M. CITINO

    WHEN YOU BOIL IT DOWN to its essentials, the reason you form, train, and equip an army is to beat your enemy in battle.

    But if you happened to be a soldier or sailor in the Imperial Japanese military during World War II, you might think differently. Given your daily experience—from induction through training camp and finally to operations in.

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