As the war approached the Japan, "Home Guard" units were recruited to help defend the homeland. Ill-armed, ill equiped, but determined to protect the scared soil of Nippon, the organization of these units would be as follows: TROOP QUALITY: Green MORALE 8 6-12 National Volunteer 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