The non mechanized nature of the Japanese Army meant that tasks that would be done by machines in other countries needed to be done by hand. As the Japanese Army contained a number of non Japanese elements, ie Koreans and Okinawans, who legally were Japanese citizens, yet not always considered to be trustworthy enough to be well armed. A solution was to put these elements into Labor Battalions and Companies. TROOP QUALITY: Green MORALE: Okinawan: 8 and Korean: 6 HEADQUARTERS, with: 1 Command stand 3-6 COMPANIES, each with; 4 Labor Stands Back to Table of Contents -- Command Post Newsletter WWII Japanese Army Supplement To Command Post Quarterly List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1991 by Greg Novak. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com